August 28, 2026

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TAX SOLUTIONS:  IRS Letter Decoder

Rina Risper05 mins

  By  A.J. Gross, C.P.A., E.A.

 
You open your mail box and there is an IRS letter.  Every time you receive an IRS letter, you get a nervous feeling in your gut.  Especially, if you receive a certified IRS letter.  You start reading the IRS letter and realize you have no idea what the IRS is telling you.  All you see is taxes, interest, and penalties.  What do you do?
 

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QP Voices: ‘Finding Your Roots’ with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Rina Risper06 mins

 

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the past of well known people and their ancestry on PBS.  Left: Author Stephen King

 

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Michigan Apples Taste Better Geographic factors contribute to superior taste from Michigan-grown apples

Rina Risper04 mins

  LANSING, MI —With the majority of Michigan’s apple growing region located along the coast of Lake Michigan, it is clear that proximity to the Great Lakes makes a difference in producing high-quality, flavorful apples.

 

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Kiplinger on Travel: What to do if you’re stranded while traveling

Rina Risper06 mins

 

By Cameron Huddleston

Kiplinger
 
Air travelers could be left high – or perhaps it would be better to say low – and dry if a volcano that’s rumbling in Iceland erupts with the magnitude that another one in that country did in 2010.

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Interpersonal Edge: Sharing your feelings won’t boost your effectiveness at work

Rina Risper07 mins

 

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Content Agency

 

  Q. I’ve been through quite a bit of therapy, and I believe it is important for me to be honest with my feelings at work. The other day I told a coworker he was hurting my feelings, and he just got mad. Isn’t the point of mental health to know how you feel? Is there a way to talk about my feelings that doesn’t make my situation worse?

 

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Jill on Money: Will sizzling summer lead to a September swoon for stocks?

Rina Risper07 mins

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
 
So much for the summer doldrums! August 2014 was the best August for stocks in 14 years. The Dow gained 3.6 percent on the month to 17,098; the S&P 500 took out the psychologically important 2,000 level, rising 3.8 percent to 2003.

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The Kid’s Doctor: White patches on a child’s skin could be vitiligo

Rina Risper04 mins

  By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

 
 
  I recently saw a 10-year-old patient for her routine physical. One of her mother’s concerns was that her daughter had “white patches” under both arms. Once I examined her, I told her mother that the “white patches” were actually due to Vitiligo, an acquired disorder of pigment loss.

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