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Left to right: GLAR Committee members Kim Whitcomb, Pete Holoway, Wendy Mackey and Beth Graham with Denny Shell (second on left)
By Amanda Oboza
and TNCP Staff
LANSING, MI — On Saturday April 30, children mostly from Lansing’s Walnut Neighborhood located on the Northside, starting gearing up for summer in a big way: they received a bike and helmet.
By William O. Beeman
The United States is jubilant over the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. However, it will be some time before history catches up with the mythology that arose around him and the al-Qaeda organization in the past 10 years. Osama bin Laden at the end was far from the looming powerful figure he was made out to be. He had outlived his usefulness both as a bogeyman for the West, and as an Islamic responder to the neo-colonialist forces his organization purported to confront.
Motz-Swatches “Nature Puff” is a part of the imaginative and inspiring “re:Dress – Sustainable Fashion Design” exhibit at the Michigan State University Museum.
Photos courtesy of MSU Department of Art and Art History
E. LANSING, MI – Michigan State University Apparel and Textile Design students routinely design gowns and garments as class projects. Now they are getting an opportunity to design a whole exhibit built round this creative fashion flourish with “re:Dress – Sustainable Fashion Design” at the Michigan State University Museum.
Studio: TriStar Pictures
Plot: Two very different families converge on Martha’s Vineyard for a wedding.
Cast: Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Loretta Devine, Meagan Good, Romeo Miller, DeRay Davis, Valarie Pettiford, Mike Epps
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: ****
By Samantha Ofole-Prince
In “Jumping the Broom,” which is directed by Salim Akil (“The Game”), Paula Patton plays Sabrina Watson, a corporate lawyer who gets hitched to a Wall Street broker, Jason Taylor (Laz Alonso), after dating for six-months.
By Sharon Fox
3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into 1- to 1-1/2 inch cubes
1/4 cup all-purpose flour mixed
with 1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 tablespoons good olive oil
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 lemon, quartered
By Frank S. Washington
DETROIT, MI – What?!!!
That was my first reaction when I looked at the price of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata that had been delivered for my one-week test drive. It was like, ‘c’mon,’ I hadn’t even been in the car. Still, it looked as though it cost a lot more than the $21,050 that was on the sticker.
By Billy Graham
Tribune Media Services
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By Tashmica Torok
It’s like a clenching of your jaw in the cold. The inspection of wounds long ago wrapped in gauze and covered with duct tape to stop the bleeding is cause to apply new pressure.