Movie Review: “The Amazing Spider-Man”

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!

  
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!”

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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Excuse me, are you listening? 11-13

Dear Readers,
 
The summer is flying by.  Michigan, oh sweet Michigan, why is your weather so crazy.  We have flucuations in weather that are just too much to bear.  One day it is 100 degrees and the next it is 75 degrees. Then when you go to work in the summer it is always 50 degrees.  It seems to be quite scary.  Then again, everything is causing concern or so it seems.  

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Inside the Mind of a Sportsaholic – My Three Girls

By Jimmy L. Wilson, Jr.
 
For as long as I can remember I have been juggling three different relationships. These relationships started when I was a child, and the love has grown as I’ve gotten older. I love them all, but one is my “main girl”, one is my “side piece”, and the other is the “one I need to leave alone, but can’t”. 

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Your Other 8 Hours: Schedule a Marriage Checkup

By Robert Pagliarini,
Tribune Media Services
 
How strong is your marriage or relationship with your significant other? You may think you know, but are you sure? What would your spouse say? The strength of your relationships is more important than any investment you’ll ever own. If you obsess over the stock market and how well your portfolio is doing, doesn’t it make sense to invest a few of the other eight hours into a marriage checkup?

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The Kid’s Doctor: Children should also have their cholesterol checked

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
 
  I’ve been attending a conference for my continuing education (I still love going to school) and one of the topics was “Universal Cholesterol Screening in Children.” While adults have known the importance of maintaining a healthy cholesterol level for a long time, there’s more and more data available validating the need for children to have their cholesterol monitored.
 

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Interpersonal EDGE: Read Your Boss’s Mind!

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
 
  Q. What kind of opinion does my boss have of me when anytime I have a conversation with him he either laughs at me or contradicts me?  Consequently, I don’t ask him questions or speak to him unless I really have to. How do I know what he thinks?  

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Retire Smart: Don’t forget your mid-year check-up

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
 
 My father spent most of his career as an options trader on the floor of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) before anyone knew what a derivative was and when Wall Street was a simpler place. Dad did not end up a trader because he wanted to get rich. His best friend from college was working on the New York Stock Exchange and encouraged him to ditch his job in retail and swap it for one with better hours

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