Farmington High School Student Wins 14 Scholarships Including the Detroit Rainbow PUSH Excel/ GM Scholarship

 

Left:  Aubrey Perry, high school senior at Farmington High School in Farmington, Michigan

 Aubrey Perry was pretty much like any other high school kid. She loved to have fun, laugh a lot, go to the mall and the movies with her friends, listen to music and her favorite pastime – tweeting and texting her friends.

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College: Market Yourself in the Job Market

 BPRW-  If you are a future college graduate, you face a challenging job market, but you are not alone. In fact, you will likely be competing with hundreds of your peers also fresh out of school and willing to do whatever it takes to slide through that narrow opening of corporate America.

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Top 10 homes of literary history

 

Left:  Hans Christian Andersen Birthplace,  Odense, Denmark

 

 By VirtualTourist.com

 
History and literary buffs will rejoice as VirtualTourist members uncover the list of the “Top 10 Historical Homes From Literature.”
 

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Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Partners with Michigan 211 to Centralize Veteran Resources

                                                                                        

Above:  MVAA Director Jeff Barnes recently announced the launch of the Michigan Veteran Resource Service Center. (L-R): Nate Cross, Trayse Fowler, Gov. Rick Snyder, MVAA Director Jeff Barnes, Michigan Association of United Ways President/CEO Scott Dzurka, Jason Wentworth, Randy Calloway and Lisa Castro.

 
Photo courtesy of MVAA

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MICHIGAN APPLE RECIPES Apple Cherry Raisin Crisp

  

 

 

There are more than 9.2 million apple tree in commercial production, covering 36,500 acres on 850 family run farms in the great state of Michigan. 

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TAX SOLUTIONS:  Job Hunting Write-Offs

 

By  A.J. Gross, C.P.A., E.A.

 
Looking for a new job?  Did you know you may be able to write-off certain job hunting expenses?  

 

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Aboutthatcar.com: 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe 4WD LT

  By Frank S. Washington

 
DETROIT, MI – There’s no other way to say it, the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe was big. Our test vehicle had a 116-inch wheelbase, its overall length was 204 inches, it was 80.5-inches wide and it was 74.4-inches tall or six-foot two.

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Pet World: Costumes OK, just keep your pet away from the Halloween candy

 

By Steve Dale
Tribune Content Agency
 
  Q: My husband insists that putting a Halloween costume on our little dog is a horrifying idea. What do you think? – M.E., Henderson, NV

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Kiplinger on Travel: Worst U.S. airports for Wi-Fi

By Rebecca Dolan

Kiplinger
 
  As if you didn’t already hate flying enough, having to pay for wireless Internet access at the airport just makes it worse. You might think in this day and age when major airports feature everything from spa services to upscale restaurants, a basic amenity such as free Wi-Fi would be a given. Unfortunately, there are still a few holdouts.

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