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Do you have an opinion? Your letters – 9-3

Rina Risper15 years ago06 mins

One reader believes that Michigan needs to be mindful and another asks if there is a book in the works.

News Spotlight – Granholm, Bing, Ficano Announce Training for Film Industry Jobs Available to Detroit Residents

Rina Risper15 years ago04 mins

Federal grant supports hands-on education in film production

LANSING – Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, and Wayne County Executive Robert A. Ficano today announced that, thanks to a federal grant, Detroit residents can apply for training to work in Michigan’s growing film industry. The $438,000 U.S. Department of Labor community-based job-training grant will be administered by the Detroit Workforce Development Department (DWDD), a Michigan Works! agency.

me2u – Habit – 9-2

Rina Risper16 years ago09 mins

I do not know what motivated me to start doing it. I do not remember when I started doing it. I feel very strange when I do it. I do not speak on it either. I find the practice rather odd. However, I do see that I am not alone in doing it but I have never spoken with anyone else about my surreptitious activity.

Haitian-American Family Mourns Loss of Relatives

Rina Risper16 years ago05 mins

An earthquake survivor removes debris from a devastated road in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on February 2, 2010. The Jan. 12, 2010, 7.0-magnitude earthquake left thousands of Haitians displaced and without access to food, water and vital medical care. Photo by MC2 Todd Frantom

TravelMuse: Single Parent Family Vacation Savings Tips

Rina Risper16 years ago07 mins

Mother and daughter spending a day at the beach.

Photo by: longhorndave, http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidw/.

Blackflix.com – “The Tooth Fairy” 9-2

Rina Risper16 years ago03 mins

Studio: 20th Century Fox (1 hr. 58 min.)

Plot: A hard-charging hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids is sentenced to one week’s hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings and magic wand.

Cast: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Ashley Judd, Stephen Merchant, Ryan Sheckler, Seth MacFarlane, Julie Andrews

Rating: PG

Bottom Line: ***