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Your Other 8 Hours: 6 strategies to cut your income tax after a windfall

Rina Risper12 years ago08 mins

By Robert Pagliarini,

Tribune Media Services

The money you receive from sudden wealth — whether through a lawsuit settlement, business sale, entertainment or sports contract, or stock options — can suddenly be gone if you don’t manage federal and state income taxes.

Teen Talk: The Serenity Prayer

Rina Risper12 years ago06 mins

By Claudia Kelley

“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I can,and the wisdom to know the

difference.”

Social Security disability benefits

Rina Risper12 years ago04 mins

By Vonda VanTil

Social Security Public Affairs Specialist

We celebrate Black History Month, President’s Day and Valentine’s Day during the month of February . Also February 2-8, 2014 was also celebrated as Chicano History Week in the state of Michigan. With all of these celebrations there are also awareness campaigns regarding Social Security benefits.

Cultivating Life: In cold winter, insect-eating birds need special consideration

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

The yellow-rumped warbler is just one of the many insect-eating birds that you can help survive the winter by setting out feeders with suet or mealworm. Photo by Steve Byland, FotoliaBy Sean Conway

Tribune Content Agency

When I got out of bed this morning the thermometer outside my window read a mere 12 degrees. Several inches of new snow fell overnight, and as soon as the sun popped up over the horizon the brightness was almost blinding.

News Spotlight: Robbery at QD Photos Released

Rina Risper12 years ago03 mins

On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at approximately 8:40 p.m. Ingham County dispatch sent Lansing Police to a Robbery at the Wendy’s restaurant in the 3600 block of S. Martin L. King. While enroute Officers were updated with information that the suspect left.

News Spotlight: MI Carpenters, Volunteers, Businesses Surprise Wounded Veteran, Family with New Home, Job

Rina Risper12 years ago04 mins

TAYLOR, MI – Christopher Holcomb served the nation as a Marine in Afghanistan, spearheading the global fight against terrorism. He also bore the scars of being in a forward combat position, sustaining a serious injury during his Afghanistan deployment.

Robbery at Walgreens This Morning: Suspect at Large

Rina Risper12 years ago02 mins

News Spotlight: Russian President Putin’s Fiction: 10 False Claims About Ukraine

Rina Risper12 years ago09 mins

As Russia spins a false narrative to justify its illegal actions in Ukraine, the world has not seen such startling Russian fiction since Dostoyevsky wrote, “The formula ‘two times two equals five’ is not without its attractions.”

News Spotlight: General Motors May Build New Stamping Plant in Lansing

Rina Risper12 years ago04 mins

Expansion of Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant would keep GM’s Lansing facilities competitive on global stage

LANSING, MI – General Motors’ Lansing Grand River Assembly (LGR) manufacturing complex could grow by 225,000 square feet and add dozens of new jobs with the possible construction of a new cutting-edge stamping facility.

News Spotlight: Robbery at PNC Bank Earlier Today

Rina Risper12 years ago02 mins

Today, Robbery at PNC Bank

Medium completion black male, small in build (5’5”) approximately 30 years old wearing a navy blue stocking hat, navy blue puffy jacket (red Nike on chest), blue jeans and sun glasses.