June 18, 2026

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Interpersonal Edge: Is coworker a liar or just unrealistic?

Rina Risper07 mins

  By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services
 
Q. I work with a person who was just promoted to lead. My problem is he always promises to get tasks I need done and then makes excuses. We just had someone quit, and I know he has a lot on his plate, but I am tired of him lying. Is there a way to get him to deliver what he promises?
 

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Lansing School District Fights Back to Curb School Suspensions

Rina Risper017 mins

By Deborah M. Walker

 
How can a student learn in school if they are not there? The answer to this question is simple… they cannot. It is no wonder as the rate of school suspensions climb the rate of graduations decline. Students are being suspended at a rate of more than double that of thirty years ago. School expulsions have risen fifteen percent from 2002-2006. These rates are alarming and it seems this trend is only going to continue yet, local school officials are fighting back and new in-school programs are proving successful. 

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The Kid’s Doctor: Family routines can reduce childhood obesity

Rina Risper05 mins

  By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

www.kidsdr.com
 
 I just read an article published in the journal Pediatrics which once again validated the importance of family routines. In this study, researchers from Ohio State University looked at household routines as they related to childhood obesity, an ever-escalating problem.

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Michigan Artist Named “Male Vocalist of The Year” at 2013 Tejano Music Awards

Rina Risper03 mins

Ricky Valenz from Lansing, Michigan is 
making waves in the Tejano music industry.
 
Courtesy photo
 
SAN ANTONIO, TX–  The 33rd Annual Tejano Music Awards held at the Lila Cockrell Theater on October 19th, proved to be a big night for Tejano newcomer Ricky Valenz. Valenz, who won last year’s “Best New Artist Male-2012” walked away with two awards, including “Male Vocalist of the Year”, making Valenz the first male artist to win “Best New Artist Male” and “Male Vocalist” back to back.
 
 

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Movie Review: Dark Girls

Rina Risper04 mins

By Samantha Ofole-Prince
 
What makes a documentary essential? Is it its political, social relevance or subject matter? 
 

Powerful, intelligent and surprisingly entertaining, “Dark Girls” is an essential and riveting film that pulls back our country’s curtain to reveal the deep seated biases and hatreds of racism – within and outside of the Black American culture. 

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Veteran’s Day is November 1, 2013 New Benefits on the Horizon Assistance Applying for VA Benefits

Rina Risper04 mins

LANSING, MI —  Many veterans and their dependents find the VA process overwhelming while others are unaware of their eligibility. The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs has numerous benefit programs for eligible veterans and their surviving spouse. 

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November Slates National Adoption Month

Rina Risper06 mins

By Rick Garcia
 
 
What do Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela and former U.S. Presidents Gerald R. Ford and Bill Clinton all have in common?  If you haven’t already done a google search on your phone or computer, the aforementioned notables are on the same team of Wendy’s Restaurant founder Dave Thomas – also the creator of the Wendy’s Foundation for Adoption.
 

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Your Other 8 Hours: The broken window fallacy and unintended consequences

Rina Risper07 mins

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
Have you heard the parable of the broken window? It’s a wonderful example of unintended consequences that applies not only to businesses activity and government regulations but to individuals as well. Fans of the book “Freakonomics” are given a front row seat to watch the dramatic and always surprising (they are “unintended” after all) effects of unintended consequences. But in our haste to laugh and condemn the short-sighted thinking of others, we often don’t see the unintended consequences we are creating in our own lives.

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