News For, By and About People
By Frank S. Washington
CHATTANOOGA, TN – It may sound strange but we came here to drive Volkswagen’s 2012 Passat midsize sedan. The reason VW picked this venue is because the German automaker recently built a plant here that will assemble roughly 150,000 Passats annually.
DEWITT, Mich.—Contestants are being sought to participate in America’s favorite singing talent showcase, Hometown Idol, scheduled to take place 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, during the DeWitt Ox Roast at the Downtown DeWitt Main Stage.
Oh Baby! Social Security’s website has a list of the 1,000 most popular boys’ and girls’ names for 2009 and a list of the top 100 names for twins born in 2009. The website also offers lists of baby names for each year since 1880.
In 2011, we may find the name Pippa or Jayden on the top ten list of popular baby name. The Social Security Administration compiles names annually and recently announced the most popular baby names in Michigan for 2009.
How does Michigan compare to the rest of the country? Olivia and Jacob topped the list. Nationally, Isabella and Jacob were the most popular baby names.
Home cooking for a new generation. Easy and elegant recipes from the heart and soul created for today’s family.
By Sharon Fox
Studio: Paramount Pictures (125 min)
Plot: A man rejected for military service volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into a superhero.
Cast: Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Sebastian Stan, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Derek Luke.
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: ****
By Samantha Ofole-Prince
“Captain America: The First Avenger” is unlike most modern-day movies with comic-book origins.
Director/executive producer Joe Johnston has managed to bring to the big screen, a delightful adaption of an unlikely hero and does a great job of balancing the brutal action with dark humor, while still providing enough defining character moments.
By Lorenzo Mills
Men’s fashion can be much more complex than people may think. Instead of being closed minded on sticking to your traditional penny loafers, formal dressed suspenders and button trousers, open your eyes to a new genre of menswear.
LANSING, MI – Marybeth Smith, mother to a son suffering from Bipolar Disorder, as well as someone battling the illness herself, writes a novel aimed at helping young adults understand mental illness.
“Too many teenagers today feel alone in coping with depression or other mental illnesses,” Smith comments. “They should know there are others out there who understand what they are going through.”
Finding out information about Social Security does not have to be difficult for you and your family.
Log on to www.ssa.gov and find answers to your questions before you call.
Lansing Social Security Office to Begin Closing at 3:30 pm Daily
Congressional Budget Cuts Force Reduced Public Hours
Effective August 15, 2011, the Lansing Social Security office will be open to the public Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. – a reduction of 30 minutes each weekday.
By Sandip Roy
newamericamedia.com
Synopsis: The slaughter in Oslo shows that immigrants — especially Muslims — are reviled as “The Others,” even as Europe needs them to mop its floors.
If you are an immigrant in Europe, especially a Muslim, you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
By Manish Madan
Miles apart from India, here in Michigan I wake up. First thing, I open up India’s leading news website to catch up on what is happening in one of the most promising and an economically rising nation. I wish to read some good stories to begin my day but my morning is struck by a certain news item that I find almost every other day, on the front page – deeply engraved by a common theme “Violence and brutality against women”.