Aboutthatcar.com 2013 Ford Focus ST
By Frank S. WashingtonANN ARBOR, MI – Guilt free power. That’s the way one engineer described the 2013 Ford Focus St. Another way to put it is that the four-door hatchback is a rocket on wheels.
By Frank S. WashingtonYour Other 8 Hours: Six Steps to Reduce Stress
By Robert Pagliarini, Tribune Media Services
Would you like to hear a story about my broken heart? It’s a sad tale, but one with several important lessons that will help you decrease your stress levels, increase the peace and satisfaction you experience, and help you live a better life. Let me take you back a couple of weeks.
The Kid’s Doctor: Avoid keeping guns in the home
Going hunting? Buy ammunition on your way to the woods. By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
Like many Americans, I can’t stop thinking about the recent school shootings in Newtown, CT. I continue to see the faces of the victims, so present in media coverage of the tragedy. And with every 5-, 6- and 7-year-old patient I see, I’m reminded of the fragility of life. I’m also reminded about gun safety and the need to teach parents that “the safest home for children and teens is one without guns.”
Retire Smart: Giving the gift of education
By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
Between the presidential election, Washington gridlock over the fiscal cliff and plenty of market gyrations in between, 2012 was a long year. Here are the year’s financial winners and losers, as I see them:
Interpersonal Edge: Secrets to succeeding at New Year’s resolutions
By Dr. Daneen SkubeTribune Media Services
Q. Seems like January is always a good time to evaluate my habits and attempt to set up better goals. I’d like to work on everything from keeping my desk cleaner to not saying snarky things in meetings. Seems by February every year, all my good intentions have faded. How can I actually succeed at keeping my New Year’s resolutions?
News Spotlight: Cat Owners should “Beat the Heat” Before Spring with the Capital Area Humane Society’s Spay/Neuter Promotion
LANSING, MI—Warmer weather may still be months away, but the Capital Area Humane Society wants you to “beat the heat” by “fixing” your cat in advance of her heat cycle and preventing unwanted litters from being born this Spring.
Dropping Pounds: Local Woman Loses 100 and Inspires Many
A new lifestyle takes a lot of weight off of her shoulders.
Jessica Hull is featured in both photos. In the left photo she is a 100 pounds less than she was a year ago.
She says that she uses the picture to the right as her motivation to
continue to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Courtesy photos
N.C. Governor Grants Pardons to Members of Wilmington Ten
By Cash Michaels
RALEIGH, NC — In what civil rights leaders across the nation are calling a “significant” moment in the civil rights movement, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue has granted individual pardons of actual innocence to members of the Wilmington Ten.
Django is holding its own at the movie theater.“Comfort Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul”: Party Crab Cakes
Make yummy crab cakes in your own kitchen!