News Briefs: Medicaid and New DNR Recruits
Medicare is the best care if you are age 65 or older and DNR conservation officer academy starts Jan. 12 with 31 recruits
National & World
Aboutthatcar.com: 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 4WD Crew Cab SLT
By Frank S. Washington
DETROIT, MI – One of GMC’s advertising tag lines for its pick trucks is “Professional Grade.” It appears that designers and engineers took that to heart in creating the 2014 GMC Sierra pickup truck.
News Spotlight: Gospel Artists Raise Voices, Stroke Awareness in National Singing Competition
New Year 2014
Dear Readers,
In preparation for 2014, I am suggesting that we really become more connected with people that we like. In the new year, my goal will be to sit down with at least four people that I have met on social media or just in passing. You know the people who always make you smile when you see them but you do not know them well. There are just some people who just make you want to give them a great big hug.
Latino Commission Honors Diversity Leaders
Mexico Consul Solana, Left, cuts the cake with Matt Wesaw, Director of Michigan Department of Civil Rights.
Photo courtesy of Rene Rodriguez of Studio One Creative
Retire Smart: When to take Social Security benefits
By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
In 2013, 37 million Americans will receive Social Security (SS) retirement benefits totaling $47.4 billion. Clearly, Americans have come to rely on Social Security retirement income, with more than half of married couples and nearly three-quarters of unmarried persons receiving 50 percent or more of their total income from the program.
The Cloud Over Syria
Syria’s civil war is not understood by many. Here is on take on it. CIA Factbook
Aboutthatcar.com: 2013 Ford Fusion
By Frank S. Washington
DETROIT, MI – Ford has done really well with the redesigned Fusion since it was introduced last year. Much of its success goes to the pragmatic and very functional way the midsize sedan operates.
Top 5 Ghost Towns
Hashima Island (also called Gunkanjima) off the coast of Nagasaki Port in Japan.GUNKANJIMA Japan National Tourism Organizat Virtual Tourist
Halloween is synonymous with costumes, an abundance of bite-sized candy and adorable photos of children dressed as cartoon characters, superheroes and monstrous creatures. However, the spirit of Halloween can also influence your travels. Rather than focusing on haunted destinations, the members and editors of VirtualTourist.com have compiled a list of those places that have been abruptly abandoned by people, making them spooky and eerie. From an abandoned Greek village in Turkey to a former disaster site in the Ukraine, here are VirtualTourist’s “Top 5 Ghost Towns.”
80-Year-Old Grandma Gets US Citizenship
Salvadorian immigrant Carlota Gutiérrez holding her U.S. naturalization certificate.Courtesy photo
By Elena Shore
Andrea Acosta, Translated
El Pregonero
Despite her advanced age and limited English language skills, Salvadoran immigrant Carlota Gutiérrez passed her citizenship test and is a new U.S. citizen.
With the help of her kids, the 80-year-old grandmother applied to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for citizenship in January 2012 and four months later, on May 23, she got an appointment for the test and interview in her language.