National & World
PET WORLD: How to handle a pet with diabetes
By Marc Morrone
My Perspective: The Death of Fidel
By Ramze Suliman
NATIONAL NEWS: Registration Officially Open for High School Poetry TeamsTo Enter Louder Than a Bomb Florida Poetry Festival
The Jason Taylor Foundation has officially opened on-line registration for its cutting edge youth poetry festival, Louder Than a Bomb Florida presented by Nova Southeastern University and UPS, it was announced today. Now in its third year, this highly anticipated event will take place from March 27 – April 8, 2017.RICK STEVES’ EUROPE: European sweet treats

Photo by Cameron Hewitt, Rick Steves' Europe.
When dictators die, stability reigns
EAST LANSING, MI — A dictator’s death rarely leads to regime change, according to a new study that comes as a fifth of the world’s authoritarian rulers are at least 70 years old and in various stages of declining health.
The Fatherhood Project: Wiza Phiri on Music, Culture and Parenting
Oftentimes, you can find 9-year-old Angel Travis in the studio with her father, Wiza Phiri, making music.
10 things to try for your next holiday
By VirtualTourist.com
August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month
Mishael Freeman, 2-years-old and 7 months; Clara Freeman, 11-years-old; Daro Freeman, 8-years-old; Iris Freeman 17 months and their mother, Claretta Duckett-Freeman and Vickie Freeman, 9-years-old on the Capitol . All of the children have been breastfed.
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How incivility spreads in the workplace
EAST LANSING, MI –Condescending comments, put-downs and sarcasm have become commonplace in the politically charged workplace, and a new study co-authored by a Michigan State University business scholar shows how this incivility may be spreading.
