News Spotlight: End of Year Letter from Representative Joan Bauer

It is hard to believe that my second term as your State Representative is coming to a close and that the 95th Michigan Legislature has concluded all anticipated business for the term, with only the sine die adjournment session remaining on Dec. 29. It has been a tremendous privilege to represent the people of the 68th District for the past four years and I am honored to be returning for a third term.

 

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Purple Drink Addiction Sweeps the Inner City

By Apollonia Jordan
New America Media

There is a new addiction going around among young people in inner-city communities. The latest trend is a legal but deadly cocktail, a mixture of Sprite and Promethazine/Codeine cough syrup.

 

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7 Tips for Gifting Green

Reuse paper products to wrap gifts this season.

By Cara Smusiak
Naturally Savvy

Standing in a store surrounded by dozens of other shoppers, that claustrophobic, panicked feeling that washes over many of us at some point in December can have even the greenest tree-hugger blindly grabbing for the closest toy and a roll of wrapping paper.

 

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Atlanta’s Tourist Attractions Bring Many To Its City

 

The lobby of the The World of Coca Cola located in Atlanta,Georgia provides an artistic taste to the famous brand. Photo by Keyarrow Murphy

 

 

By Sunne Khurana

My getaway will possibly include ancient sites and traditional tourist attractions. Nevertheless, I mostly prefer finding off the beaten path that makes fun and unique trip. Do you know anything about those shopping, dining, and entertainment? More than hundred different places will keep you very busy for hours when you visit this attraction.

 

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Wolfgang Puck: Holiday Cookie Basics

Tired of colored sugar on your Christmas cookies? Try frosting instead.Fotolia.com

By Wolfgang Puck
Tribune Media Services

Now is the perfect time to start thinking about holiday cookie baking. You’ve still got days ahead to figure out how many cookies you’ll need, and for which people and what occasions. (If you use this recipe right away, you may even have time to make some cookies for the eighth night of Hanukkah.)

 

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Your Other 8 Hours: Invest in Me, Inc.

By Robert Pagliarini,
Tribune Media Services

How would you like to earn a 100,000 percent investment return without investing in the stock market? The greatest financial asset you have is not your house, your 401(k) or even your job.

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How do I wear that trend… animal print shoes

By Ashia Sims

As I observe people and how they incorporate different trends, I’ve noticed one major issue with the animal print trend.

People tend to over do it.

In the December 5, 2010- December 18, 2010 edition, I wrote an article about the proper way to wear animal print called “Animal Print…Rawr!”

Check it out because it gives great tips (if I should say so myself) on how to effectively incorporate animal print into your wardrobe.  Well, I want to address animal print shoes. 

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Interpersonal EDGE: Does Gray Hair Ruin Career?

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services

Q. I recently attended an unemployment workshop, and the teacher told us that if we had any gray in our hair we should run out and color it. Doesn’t this advice amount to supporting age discrimination in the workplace?
 

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Mother Flippin’: One Funny Mother

Mrs. A. Lincoln

By Tashmica Torok

I had hoped by now that my dark cloud would have lifted. I had hoped that it was a partly cloudy day in a mostly sunny week. The reeling has not stopped and now I am getting angry and indignant. I want to be able to move through the day without the tugging of sadness on my sleeve.

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Videoview

By Jay Bobbin
Tribune Media Services

STARTING THIS WEEK: “SALT”: Angelina Jolie plays action heroine again, in a very big way, in this adventure of a CIA operative accused by a defector of being a double agent. She goes on the lam to prove her innocence, as former colleagues pit their skills against hers to try to catch her and bring her in.

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