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Retire Smart: Fiscal cliff tax planning

Rina Risper13 years ago07 mins

By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Media Services

With less than three months before the end of the year, time is short to plan for the much-dreaded “fiscal cliff.” What is the fiscal cliff, you ask? It’s the combination of tax increases and spending cuts that are scheduled to go into effect in January of 2013.

Interpersonal Edge: Focus on results not getting apology

Rina Risper13 years ago06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q. I have to work with another team and manager who treats me and my team badly. I keep trying to get him and his team members to see that the way they act is unprofessional. The manager gets huffy and his team members get hostile. How can I get them to behave appropriately?

News Spotlight: A SECOND CHANCE FOR AT-RISK YOUTH

Rina Risper13 years ago02 mins

Michigan Youth ChalleNGe Academy (MYCA) is accepting applications for the January class. Orientations are being held in various locations throughout the state. The program is looking for at-risk young men and women interested in a second chance at achieving a high school education

New Spotlight: Assault

Rina Risper13 years ago01 mins

On 30 October 2012 @ 6:49 p.m. LPD officers responded to a local hospital on report that a 39 year old male had been assaulted.

News Spotlight: Possible Accidental Shooting

Rina Risper13 years ago01 mins

On 10/29/12 @ 11:46 p.m. Lansing Police Department Officers responded to a residence on the 1300 block of Illinois Ave.

Excuse me, are you listening? 11-20

Rina Risper13 years ago010 mins

Dear Readers,

This is Part II of II. Please log on to www.tncp.net for the last edition.

When we went in the building we were given a gate manifest form and we listed what we were bringing in with us; a note pad, two pens and five sheets of paper. It was 1:13 p.m. and we stayed in the waiting room until they called us to go through the gates. The metal door clanged behind us.

Building your vision one brick at a time

Rina Risper13 years ago06 mins

Go to the ant … consider its ways and be wise. It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. (Proverbs 6:6-8)

Can Profanity Help Your Career?

Rina Risper13 years ago07 mins

By Robert Pagliarini,
Tribune Media Services

Can profanity help your career? What about raising your voice or slamming down your phone? Most of us do our best to fit in at the office and keep our emotions in check, but could swearing, getting angry and making a scene actually help you keep your job, or even get promoted? If done correctly, I think they could.

“Inside the Mind of a Sportsaholic” – Can One Be Objective In A Rivalry

Rina Risper13 years ago07 mins

By Jimmy L. Wilson, Jr.

Come with me on a trip down Imaginary Lane. How difficult it would have been for the leader of the Hatfields to write an objective piece about the McCoys?

Mending Heart: Young Woman Walks for “His Heart, Her Life”

Rina Risper13 years ago08 mins

“I am still so in love with him. Cameron was such an amazing man. He was all about giving back and was a jack-of-all-trades. I will do what it takes to keep his name alive.” – Chastity Sayre

LANSING, MI -She cried while at a recent meeting with the American Heart Association. She told the story of how she met Cameron “Big Perm” Doyle. She, Chastity Sayre, had been dating Big Perm who was a local rapper for 5 years, when he died at age 34 on June 2, 2012.