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Aboutthatcar.com: 2014 Fiat 500L

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

By Frank S. Washington

BALTIMORE, MD — Fiat was losing customers because the Fiat 500 micro car was too small. It has a backseat but not one that is comfortable for adults. And the company’s 205 dealers griped about their loss of potential buyers.

Your Other 8 Hours: The one word that can change your life

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

By Robert Pagliarini,

Tribune Media Services

“No” has become a knee-jerk reaction to every request and opportunity. “No, sorry. My schedule is full. Maybe later. That just doesn’t work for me. No, thank you.”

Pre-School for Latino Children is Critical

Rina Risper12 years ago08 mins

By Rick Garcia

The research is in. Educators have long known that attending preschool makes a difference throughout the balance of a child’s life. That makes the recent research from the Annie E. Casey Foundation “Kids Count 2013 Report” critical to the Michigan Alliance of Latinos Moving toward Advancement (MI-ALMA) Michigan’s Statewide Hispanic Advocacy and Research group. The Kids Count report points out that Latino children have the lowest rate of preschool attendance of any race or ethnic group in the United States.

SOS Ruth Johnson: Expanded online services, other tools improving customer service

Rina Risper12 years ago05 mins

By Ruth Johnson

Like so many working parents, I know it takes a lot to balance work with the demands of family life, whether it’s paying bills, school conferences, soccer games, doctor appointments or the challenges of helping out with our own parents.

Delta Theta Sigma Celebrates 100 Years of Sisterhood

Rina Risper12 years ago05 mins

Left: Cynthia Harrington and Felicia Wasson both from mid-Michigan,celebrated a century of sisterhood with over 40,000 other women from the nation’s oldest American-American women’s organization from July 11 – July 17 2013 in Washington D.C.
Courtesy photo

LANSING, MI — When Cynthia Harrington was a student at McKenzie High School in Detroit she overheard her teacher, who had just graduated from college speaking about her “sisterhood” with a woman who was visiting her at the school.

The Deltas Honor “Fortitude”

Rina Risper12 years ago03 mins

On April 28, 1979, members of Alpha Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, a national public service sorority founded at Howard University in 1913, unveiled a sculpture in the Valley Mall at 3:15 p.m. to honor its founders.

Movie Review: 2 Guns

Rina Risper12 years ago04 mins

Studio: Universal Pictures (1 hr. 49 min)

Plot: Two crooked undercover officers unknowingly lead investigations on each other.

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Paul Patton, Bill Paxton, James Marsden

Rating: R

Bottom Line: **1/2

“Comfort Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul”: KEYLIME POUND CAKE

Rina Risper12 years ago03 mins

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The Kid’s Doctor: Avoid spring sports injuries through careful training

Rina Risper12 years ago05 mins

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

www.kidsdr.com

With the arrival of spring comes a new season of baseball, softball, track and field. This also means that kids need to be prepared to play.

Retire Smart: Index vs. managed funds

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Media Services

”What does your fund manager do?” screamed the headline of the April 8 edition of Barron’s. All I could think was, “What, indeed!” The article says some superstar fund managers “fly around the world, they crunch reams of data, they dissect industries” – and, for good measure, ultimately beat the index against which their funds are measured.