October 16, 2025

The New Citizens Press

News For, By and About People

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Why it’s a mistake to put more than 20 percent down on a home

Rina Risper08 mins

 

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Content Agency
 
For many families across the country, the concept of buying their next home with cash may sound like a fantasy. Yet according to RealtyTrac, the nation’s leading source for housing data, nearly 40 percent of all U.S. homes purchased in the second quarter of 2014 were cash deals.

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TAX SOLUTIONS:  Business Entity and Liability Protection

Rina Risper05 mins

 

By  A.J. Gross, C.P.A., E.A.

 
We get asked all the time.  How do you set up a business?  Do you need to file anything?  Do you have to register the business?  What type of business do you recommend?  We will tackle these questions in a multi-part series reviewing the different business types: doing business as (DBA), limit liability company (LLC), and corporation.

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Excuse me are you listening? 13-22

Rina Risper010 mins

Dear Readers,

 
It has been an interesting two weeks.  I am on a cleaning splurge.  Happy new new year.  I plan on having my paper hoarding in order.  I did the kind of cleaning that makes more of a mess first.  It was the best type of cleaning.  It is even better when you use your shredder so much that it overheats. It is wonderful when you get to take trash to the dump and recycle items that can be. 

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Aboutthatcar.com: 2014 Mazda MX-5 Miata

Rina Risper07 mins

  By Frank S. Washington

 
DETROIT, MI –There’s something to be said for flying over America rather than driving through it, especially during the orange-cone laden summer months.

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Movie: Dear White People

Rina Risper06 mins

  Studio:   Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions (100 min.)

Plot:     The lives of four black students at an Ivy League college converge after controversy breaks out due to the ill-conceived annual Halloween party.

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MICHIGAN APPLE RECIPES: Individual Apple Upside-Down Cakes

Rina Risper03 mins

  Ingredients:

CAKE:
3 tbsp. butter, melted
3 tbsp. firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
4 medium (about 2 1/4-inches in diameter) unpeeled cored Gala or Empire apples, sliced 1/2 -inch thick
1/2 cup dried Michigan tart cherries
1 box dry yellow cake mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup apple juice
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs

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Almost anyone can be an organ donor, no matter their age

Rina Risper07 mins

 

Tribune Content Agency 

  DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is there an age that’s too old to be an organ donor? Also, is marking “organ donor” on my driver’s license the only thing I need to do to become a donor, or would my family still be allowed to make a different decision?

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Kiplinger on Travel: Best cruises, airlines, and booking sites for your travel dollar

Rina Risper04 mins

  By Miriam Cross and Kaitlin Pitsker

 
 Who doesn’t love a getaway? But traveling can be expensive – and daunting as you try to find affordable airfare and accommodations, plan the perfect trip and deal with all hassles of getting to your destination.

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Interpersonal Edge: Want a new career? Explore new hobbies

Rina Risper07 mins

 

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Content Agency

  Q. I’m in my 40s and wondering if I picked the wrong career track. I don’t know what else I might want to do, but I feel bored and irritated more often than I ever did when I was young and idealistic. What should I do?

 

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Jill on Money: Did QE work?

Rina Risper07 mins

 

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
 
 Almost exactly six years ago, the Federal Reserve launched an unconventional program of buying bonds to rescue a faltering economy. 

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