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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.
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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

Try It!

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.

Interpersonal Edge: Speak up if you want gratitude

Rina Risper12 years ago06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q. No one seems to be noticing all the good work I have done. I am very good at my job, tackle the hard projects, and even help out when my coworkers are swamped. Do I just work for an unusually ungrateful organization?

Aboutthatcar.com: The Volvo C30 T5 M R

Rina Risper12 years ago06 mins

By Frank S. Washington

DETROIT, MI — The Volvo C30 T5 M R-Design represents a not so characteristic flare by the conservative Swedish automaker.

The two-door hatchback was small, sporty and distinctive. But not being able to completely break from its legendary pragmatism, Volvo’s C30 could carry four adults comfortably, even though the car looked like it would have trouble getting anything bigger than a couple of bags of groceries in the back seat.

Your Other 8 Hours: Stop being a wimp and start being fearless

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

By Robert Pagliarini,

Tribune Media Services

Let’s just get this out of the way now: You can’t get rid of fear or pain but you can minimize it, control it and even use it to create your best life possible with a little practice. If you are in perpetual fear or are avoiding the one thing that terrifies you, there is relief. The solution, however, is counter to what you probably have been doing.