News Spotlight: Grab the leash: Dog walkers more likely to reach exercise benchmarks

  

EAST LANSING, MI — Man’s best friend may provide more than just faithful companionship: A new study led by a Michigan State University researcher shows people who owned and walked their dogs were 34 percent more likely to meet federal benchmarks on physical activity.
 

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News Spotlight: FINDING LOW INCOME HOUSING JUST GOT EASIER

The National Low Income Housing Authority Launches A Free Online Directory and Guide to Finding Housing, Apartments, Shelters and more 

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News Spotlight: Spike in Islamophobia Taking Toll on Sikhs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sikh Indians gather every year in April in  Lansing, MI to celebrate the New Year.  TNCP photo.

This past weekend, two Sikh men, aged 78 and 65, were shot in broad daylight as they were walking down a street in Elk Grove, a suburb of Sacramento. The 65-year-old man died, while his friend was critically wounded. The assailant sped away in a light brown pickup.

 

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News Spotlight: For a better workday, smile like you mean it

 EAST LANSING, MI — Want to keep your boss happy? Smile at your customers. Want to keep yourself happy and productive? Smile like you mean it.

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News Spotlight: The Real ‘CSI’: How America’s Patchwork System of Death Investigations Puts the Living at Risk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Andres Cediel/FRONTLINE)

In detective novels and television crime dramas like “CSI,” the nation’s morgues are staffed by highly trained medical professionals equipped with the most sophisticated tools of 21st-century science. Operating at the nexus of medicine and criminal justice, these death detectives thoroughly investigate each and every suspicious fatality.

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News Spotlight: FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS CONFRONT HIV IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY

Ingham County has the second highest HIV rate in Michigan.  Only Wayne County has a higher rate.  However, the burden of HIV falls disproportionately on the African American community.  The rate of HIV in the African American community in Ingham County is five times higher than in the White community.  African American men are the only group that continues to experience sharp increases. 

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News Spotlight: Questions and answers on voluntary recall of certain liquid infant’s and children’s Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, and Benadryl products

What products are affected by this recall?

 
The products include certain liquid infant’s and children’s Tylenol Motrin, Zyrtec, and Benadryl products. For a complete list of recalled products, please see http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com/page.jhtml?id=/include/new_recall.inc 
 

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News Spotlight: LPD Issues Felony Warrant for Recent Murder of Teen

 On December 23, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Quincy Trey Thomas shot and killed Wesley Ellis Glasscoe.  The Ingham County Prosecutor issued a warrant for the arrest of Quincy Trey Thomas he is wanted for Homicide – 2nd Degree in reference to the Ray Street Homicide. 

 

Quincy Trey Thomas

 

 

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“Comfort Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul” – OLD FASHIONED 7-UP CAKE

 

 

 

 

 

OLD FASHIONED 7-UP CAKE

 
By Sharon Fox
 
Ingredients:
3 sticks butter,softened
3 cups white sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour  
 
For more log on!

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News Spotlight: LPD Issues Murder Warrants in the Death of 7- Year-Old

On July 22, 2010, at about 12:53 p.m., seven (7) year old Amaia Edmund was shot and killed as the result of a home invasion that occurred at 115 Custer Ave. in North Lansing. D’Angelo Davon Jordan and Jerry Brian McKinney have murder warrants issued in the case.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D’Angelo Davon Jordan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry Brian McKinney

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