Movie Review: Last Stand

Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger)  moved out of Los Angeles to live a quiet life.  When   Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere escapes. Owens ultimately takes the matter into his own hands as Cortez moves closer to his new town. 

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WORDS FROM THE WISE: America’s Oldest Park Ranger Brings Black History to Life

By Malcolm Marshall, 
 
RICHMOND, CA — Betty Reid-Soskin is America’s oldest National Park Ranger and one of the most beautiful people I have met in Richmond, Calif., across the bay from San Francisco. 

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THE ART OF TRAVEL: ARE YOU ACCUSTOMED TO GOING THROUGH CUSTOMS?

By Kerene Nelson
 
TALLAHASSEE, FL–  There are many reasons why American citizens do not travel. Some are influenced by what they see on television. 

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A Tale of Two Young Men

By Rick Garcia
 
 
Sometimes people refer me as the “wooden statue” in public places – particularly at coffee houses where I get my own reality TV shows in one sitting. Whether it’s the retiree coffee clatters, the stay- home mom’s club or the independent professional “techie” the conversations flow like a river.

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Your Other 8 Hours: Consume or create? Your decision will change your 2013

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
That bloated sensation you feel isn’t just from the excess eggnog and stuffing you ate over the holidays. It’s far worse. It’s actually the end, not the beginning, of each January that’s the most important time of the year. 

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Retire Smart: Acknowledging our financial blunders

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
 
  Who among us has not made a costly financial blunder? Come on; admit it – we all make some dumb moves for which we have to pay a pretty penny. 
 

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News Spotlight: Postal Service Announces New Delivery Schedule

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced plans today to transition to a new delivery schedule during the week of Aug. 5, 2013 that includes package delivery Monday through Saturday, and mail delivery Monday through Friday. The Postal Service expects to generate cost savings of approximately $2 billion annually, once the plan is fully implemented.

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Gallo Gym Brings Olympic Gold Medalist Boxer Claressa Shields to Lansing

Photo by Sue Jaye Johnson

LANSING, MI —  The capital of Michigan has always been full of fighters, boxers, that is.  The Gallo Boxing Gym was founded in 1994 by Joe Bermudez, Sr. and Juan (John) Bermudez.

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