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Excuse me, are you listening? – 9-21

Rina Risper15 years ago06 mins

Dear Readers,

Karma is something else!

Karma is a law in Hinduism, which says that every act you do, no matter how small, will eventually return to the doer with equal impact. Good will be returned with good and bad with bad.

Teen Talk: Teen Pregnancy

Rina Risper15 years ago03 mins

By Kasserine Tyler-Hicks

The other night I was watching a movie on Lifetime called The Pregnancy Pact. This movie was about a group of girls at a high school who made a pact to get pregnant. In one school, there were eighteen girls pregnant at the same time, all under the age of 18.

Movie Review: “Red”

Rina Risper15 years ago03 mins

Studio: Summit Entertainment

Plot: A team of retired secret agents embark on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies in government history.

Cast: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban

Rating: PG-13

Bottom Line: ***

By Laurence Washington

Die Hard Bruce Willis stars as an ex-CIA agent Frank Moses who has been tagged as “RED,” which refers to his alert level (“retired: extremely dangerous”) by the agency. The film, which attempts to answer the question, is older better, opens up with a black ops hit team invading Moses’ home at night. Although, there are about 10 members of the hit squad trying to kill him, they don’t stand a chance, because in Die Hard fashion, Moses eliminates them one-by-one.

Exercise Lowers Blood Pressure in Kids, Adults

Rina Risper15 years ago06 mins

By Eric Heiden M.D.

Tribune Media Services

More and more kids are being diagnosed with what was once thought to be an almost exclusively adult malady: high blood pressure. These children join the large contingent of American adults — estimated to be 25 percent of the population — who also have high blood pressure. New research shows that exercise lowers blood pressure in children as effectively as it does in adults.

Retire Smart: Shop Around for Medicare Drug Plan This Fall

Rina Risper15 years ago09 mins

By Mark Miller

Tribune Media Services

Seniors can shop around for Medicare D prescription drug plans or Medicare Advantage managed care plans during an annual enrollment window that runs from November 15 to December 31. With dozens of plans available in most parts of the country, Medicare shopping can be a complex chore.

East Lansing Struts Its Stuff

Rina Risper15 years ago04 mins

East Lansing’s dance competition proves to be a success for local area dancers and businesses. Courtesy photo

News Spotlight: Michigan resident Rosemarie Wilson Receives National Poetry Awards

Rina Risper15 years ago04 mins

Photo: Rosemarie Wilson, author of “One Single Rose . . . Poetry Blossomed from a Rose Core” accepting the New & Upcoming Poet of the Year Award at the 2010 National Poetry Award Ceremony in Raleigh, North Carolina on August 22, 2010.

Wilson’s “Eyes Back to Basics” also wins 1st Place in the Detroit Writers’ Guild 2010 Paul Laurence Dunbar Poetry Contest.

Courtesy photo

Schuler Books & Music welcomes New York Times Bestselling Author Victoria Rowell

Rina Risper15 years ago02 mins

LANSING, MI — Victoria Rowell is a New York Times Bestselling author, Award-winning actress and lecturer. Rowell will be at Schuler Books & Music, 2820 Towne Centre Blvd., on Monday, November 1.

A Tribute to Labor Hero Cesar E. Chavez

Rina Risper15 years ago03 mins

LANSING, MI — On Friday, August 13, 2010, the Lansing for Cesar E. Chavez Committee and the Old Town Commercial Association announced the street re-naming to Cesar E. Chavez Avenue.

Artist Theresa Rosado painted this mural for a parade celebrating the creation of Cesar E. Chavez honorarium street and the renaming of Lot 56. Courtesy photo

Mother Flippin’:One Funny Mother 9-20

Rina Risper15 years ago010 mins

Dirty Fingers

By Tashmica Torok

Have you ever watched yourself? We all make quick glances in the mirror on our way out the door. I am wondering if you ever spend time consciously noticing how you move through the world. Lately, I have. It has been a time of evaluating my reflection. Finding new parts of myself and parts that, as it occurs to me now, I just locked away in a trunk for later perusal.