November 30, 2024

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The Law and Aging Parents

Rina Risper04 mins

By Christine Caswell, Attorney
 
It is incredibly hard to care for aging parents when you live near them, let alone when you are hundreds or even thousands of miles away. Moreover, seniors don’t like the idea of losing their independence, so they may not be cooperative. If they are losing legal competence, the court may need to be involved, and children could end up as the opposing party against a parent in a court proceeding.

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R&B Star Musiq Soulchild New Ambassador for Susan G. Komen

Rina Risper04 mins

New Music Video Features Breast Cancer Survivors

BPRW- – Atlantic Records Recording Artist Musiq Soulchild announced his new role as ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Circle of Promise, a movement designed to further engage black women around the globe in the fight against breast cancer. As an ambassador for the movement, Musiq will raise awareness about breast cancer so that younger women know the importance of early detection and why it’s important to pay attention to their bodies.

 

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News Spotlight: “Oh Say Can You See” Yourself Singing the National Anthem at The Palace?

Rina Risper03 mins

 AUBURN HILLS, MI –  The Detroit Pistons are looking for singers who would feel comfortable belting out the Star Spangled Banner in front of an intimate crowd of 22,076 during the team’s home games.


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News becomes history

Rina Risper07 mins

 

New York

NOW: Above, construction continues on Freedom Tower, center, and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero in New York in this May 2011 photo. Freedom Tower is expected to be completed by January 2014. Construction of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum is expect to be finished by September 2012.

THEN: Below, a New York City firefighter looks at the ruins of the World Trade Center at dawn on Sept. 12, 2001, a day after the terrorist attacks.

CAROLYN COLE/LOS ANGELES TIMES/MCT

JIM MACMILLAN/ PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS/MCT

 

By LEONARD PITTS JR.
McClatchyNewspapers

 

A decade after the terror, in New York, at the Pentagon, at a field in Pennsylvania and in every nook and cranny of America, we move forward

 

Suddenly, it has been 10 years.

That’s an amazing realization when you remember how it was back then. Calendars still counted off days; our eyes told us this. Clocks still ticked off seconds; intellectually, we knew. But time — I would have sworn this in a court of law — did not move.

 

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WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Rina Risper02 mins

Home cooking for a new generation. Easy and elegant recipes from the heart and soul created for today’s family.
 
By Sharon Fox
 
2 Tbsp. oilive oil
1 medium size red onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 cans (4oz. each) mild chopped green chillies
2 Tbsp. cilantro, chopped
2 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp ground cayenne pepper
2 cans (14 1/2 oz. each) chicken broth
3 cups cooked chicken breast, diced in bite-size chunks
3 cans (15 oz. each) white beans
1 1/2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

 

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Looking to Do Something Different? Try the Fall Walking Tour of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries

Rina Risper04 mins

Crowds follow to the next stop on the 2009 tour of Mt. Hope Cemetery. Photo by Loretta S. Stanaway
 
LANSING, MI — The Friends of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries will host its fifth annual Fall Walking Tour at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Lansing on Sunday, Sept. 25 from 3:00-5:00 p.m.
 

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Latino Families Remember Relatives Lost on 9/11

Rina Risper09 mins

By El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Zaira Cortes, translated by Suzanne Manneh 
 
NEW YORK, NY —When Henry Fernández was young, his father went to Spain with the promise to return soon to Ecuador to give his family a better life. But he never returned.
 

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THE LIFE OF A LIBRARIAN IS NOT AS BORING AS YOU MAY THINK!

Rina Risper05 mins

By Reference Librarian Anne R.
 
I’ve been a librarian for a long time, and I’ve found that a big misconception people have about my job is that it’s boring. What, they wonder, could be interesting about working in a place filled with nothing but old books?
 

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Your Other 8 Hours: Stop Waiting for Permission

Rina Risper06 mins

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
Who’s permission do you need? Really, it’s not a trick question. Who needs to give you the nod of approval before you can start a business, start dating after a bitter divorce or write the book you’ve been talking about for the past nine years? Who’s approval are you desperately seeking? Your spouse, a boss, friend or expert in your field? Unless you’re six years old, you don’t need anyone’s permission to create a better, fuller, richer life for yourself. Of course, it doesn’t always feel that way. Someone has to tell you you’re good enough and smart enough, right?

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Ask Tamara: My Husband Disciplines Like a Drill Sergeant

Rina Risper05 mins

Dear Tamara:
 
My husband and I have two different parenting styles. He is from a military family and grew up getting spankings, or as he often calls it “whoopins” I did not grow up getting spanked and think it is unnecessary to hit a child to get them to obey. 

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