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TYLER PERRY DETAILS HIS OWN CHILDHOOD ABUSE
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Filmmaker goes all the way there in latest e-mail blast to promote ‘Precious.’
Former Detroit Lion Tackles Prostate Cancer
Left: Former Detroit Lions Wide Receiver Freddie Scott was once in action and focused on the endzone. He is now focused on the fight for early detection of prostate cancer. He recently spoke at New Hope Church of God In Christ in Lansing.
Courtesy photo
Excuse Me 8-18
October starts the beginning of Small Business Month. On Monday, October 5, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the height of the lunch hour rush, I will be working (volunteering) at Steve’s Sandwich Shop inside the C.A.T.A. bus station dowtown. I am again elated that the Greater Lansing Labor Council chose to endorse my candidacy for City Council At Large.
Accidental Shooting Lands Burress in Jail
Plaxico Burress, the former New York Giants wide receiver who accidentally shot himself in the leg at a nightclub last year, was sentenced September 22, 2009 to two years in prison on various gun charges.
Book Review 8-18
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster
Released: September 22, 2009
ISBN: 781439158906
MILLIONS OF UNINSURED AMERICANS NEED HEALTHCARE REFORM
Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell (left) recently spoke in Lansing at an event entitled “A Roadmap to Eliminating Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities in Michigan”.
News Briefs 8-18
Halloween with the Horses Sierra Rose Farms Healing Hearts with Horses
Sierra Rose Farm’s Christine Smith and Lee Ann Hull with their miniature horses. Healing Hearts With Horses Foundation offers programs for those with specialized needs. at State of Our Health: Through the Voices of Our People 2008 held at Bethlehem Temple.
Photo by Gianni Risper
Finding Faith: One Man’s Journey
LANSING, MI — Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the month of fasting from dawn until dusk. The fasting is to develop humility for mankind and also learn self control. It’s a time of intensive prayer and reflection. Ramadan is also the month in which the first verses of the Qur’an was revealed. The annual date of Ramadan is based on the sighting on the moon.
Left: Al-Farooq Masjid located at 442 14th Street in Atlanta, GA.
LUDACRIS HANDS OUT CARS IN THE ATL
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Rapper’s giveaway targeted people without transport who are struggling to keep or find jobs