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News Spotlight: One Size Doesn’t Fit All When it Comes to Vitamin D for Men African-American men especially need high doses of supplements

Rina Risper14 years ago06 mins

By Marla Paul

CHICAGO, IL — African-American men living in areas with low sunlight are up to 3 1/2 times more likely to have Vitamin D deficiency than Caucasian men and should take high levels of Vitamin D supplements, according to a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

News Spotlight: MSU helps kids get a head start on science

Rina Risper14 years ago05 mins

EAST LANSING, MI — Aiming to get low-income youngsters more involved in science, a team of researchers led by Michigan State University will test an innovative teaching program that ultimately could be used in the nation’s preschools.

News Spotlight: Flags to be lowered Friday, Sept. 23 for Chief Petty Officer Heath Robinson of Petoskey

Rina Risper14 years ago03 mins

LANSING, MI – Gov. Rick Snyder ordered U.S. flags throughout the state to be lowered to half-staff in honor of U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer Heath M. Robinson, a Navy SEAL, on Friday, Sept. 23, at the request of the family. Flags should be returned to full-staff on Saturday, Sept. 24.

News Spotlight: “Oh Say Can You See” Yourself Singing the National Anthem at The Palace?

Rina Risper14 years ago03 mins

AUBURN HILLS, MI – The Detroit Pistons are looking for singers who would feel comfortable belting out the Star Spangled Banner in front of an intimate crowd of 22,076 during the team’s home games.

News becomes history

Rina Risper14 years ago07 mins

New York

NOW: Above, construction continues on Freedom Tower, center, and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero in New York in this May 2011 photo. Freedom Tower is expected to be completed by January 2014. Construction of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum is expect to be finished by September 2012.

THEN: Below, a New York City firefighter looks at the ruins of the World Trade Center at dawn on Sept. 12, 2001, a day after the terrorist attacks.

CAROLYN COLE/LOS ANGELES TIMES/MCT

JIM MACMILLAN/ PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS/MCT

By LEONARD PITTS JR.
McClatchyNewspapers

A decade after the terror, in New York, at the Pentagon, at a field in Pennsylvania and in every nook and cranny of America, we move forward

Suddenly, it has been 10 years.

That’s an amazing realization when you remember how it was back then. Calendars still counted off days; our eyes told us this. Clocks still ticked off seconds; intellectually, we knew. But time — I would have sworn this in a court of law — did not move.

Movie Review: Contagion

Rina Risper14 years ago06 mins

Studio: Warner Bros. (1hr. 05 minutes)

Plot: A global pandemic threatens mankind.

Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Sanaa Lathan, Kate Winslet, Jude Law

Rating: PG-13

Bottom Line: ****

By Samantha Ofole-Prince

The statistics are startling and the setting is equally frightening in this pandemic movie which travels, much like its virus, through several continents.

WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Rina Risper14 years ago02 mins

Home cooking for a new generation. Easy and elegant recipes from the heart and soul created for today’s family.

By Sharon Fox

2 Tbsp. oilive oil

1 medium size red onion, diced

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 cans (4oz. each) mild chopped green chillies

2 Tbsp. cilantro, chopped

2 tsp. ground cumin

1 tsp. dried oregano

1 tsp ground cayenne pepper

2 cans (14 1/2 oz. each) chicken broth

3 cups cooked chicken breast, diced in bite-size chunks

3 cans (15 oz. each) white beans

1 1/2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

AboutThatCar.com

Rina Risper14 years ago08 mins

By Frank S. Washington

HERNDON, VA — So many cars and so little space to write about them.

Volkswagen invited reporters to its new North American headquarters here to give us a look at the facility and to let us test drive its product lineup for 2012.

Looking to Do Something Different? Try the Fall Walking Tour of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries

Rina Risper14 years ago04 mins

Crowds follow to the next stop on the 2009 tour of Mt. Hope Cemetery. Photo by Loretta S. Stanaway

LANSING, MI — The Friends of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries will host its fifth annual Fall Walking Tour at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Lansing on Sunday, Sept. 25 from 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Excuse me, are you listening? 10-17

Rina Risper14 years ago027 mins

Dear Readers,

There was no way to prepare for it. When Captain called, I checked my calendar hoping that I had appointments but I did not. My calendar was totally open for Labor Day. I told him to check and see if the place was open. What facilities are open on a state holiday? I was pensive, not really afraid because I just knew the place would be closed.