August 20, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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Retire Smart: The ABCs of Annuities

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By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
 
  Guaranteed income for life, especially in the aftermath of a deep recession and financial crisis, sounds wonderful. That must be why insurance companies are ramping up their marketing of annuities. Due to the complexity of annuities, I’ll cover the basics this week, and then next week, I will set forth the pros and cons. 

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Interpersonal EDGE: Thrive Despite Career Setbacks

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By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
 
  Q. I have a friend who is very religious and believes that if you are a member of her religion, nothing bad should happen to you. I have had a string of bad luck in my career this year, and she keeps telling me this is proof God is punishing me. Is God out to get me, or do bad things happen to good people?

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Fast Facts

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By Cassie Veselovsky, 
Youth Services Librarian 
 
Each year the Children’s Services Division of the Michigan Library Association selects a book to receive its Mitten Award. Established in 1999, the award recognizes and promotes quality literature for ages up to 12.

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Do Something Easy For Yourself – Forgive

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We have this saying in our house, “please forgive me for offending you”.  Forgiveness is a
two way street. There is acknowledgment that you have offended someone, and then there is receiving of forgiveness. Once I initiate the saying, there is a sense of relief in the among family after forgiveness is given and received. My pride issues are gone. I can actually function again. 

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News Spotlight: Elderly Couple Become Victims of Fraud

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 The Lansing Police Department (LPD) is requesting for the public to be aware of three males that are allegedly targeting the elderly.

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Community Action Network Responds to Violence During Fourth of July Parade

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Left:Celebrating the memories:  Monica Blackwell, mother of Domonique Ardister, holds white balloons for her son who was murdered on May 25, 2012 during the Fourth of July parade. TNCP photo

 Down: Domestic Violence:  Rosalyn Williams-Griffin supporting of her relative 2-year old Brandon Kemp who died on died on April 30, 2012. 

 
 
LANSING, MI — In almost 100 degree weather over 140 people marched in the T.E.A.M. 517 – Stop the Violence entry in the Fourth of July parade.

 

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When Rap Lyrics Stand Trial

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By Erik Nielson
The Root
 
Torrence Hatch, the Baton Rouge, La., rapper better known to fans as Lil Boosie, faced the trial of his life in May. Charged with first-degree murder in the 2009 shooting death of Terry Boyd, Boosie stood accused of paying his friend Mike “Marlo Mike” Loudon $2,800 to carry out the hit. A conviction would have put him behind bars for good.

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Movie Review: “The Amazing Spider-Man”

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Studio:    Columbia Pictures (2 hrs 16 min)
Plot:     While attending a tour at Oscorp laboratories, high school student Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider. He soon gained the spider’s powers and became a human spider – a Spider-Man.
Cast:     Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     ***

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It’s Improv Night!

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By Charissa Patterson-Martinez
 
 
We all have an idea of how we’d like our lives and daily events to flow. 

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Aboutthatcar.com Fiat 500c is “It!”

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By Frank S. Washington
 
NEW YORK,NY — As I drove the Fiat 500c, the “c” stands for cabrio, through the Big Apple headed north, a phrase came to mind: This is it!

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