November 11, 2025

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News Spotlight: Two Area Law Enforcement Leaders Get Statewide “Crime Fighter Awards”

Rina Risper03 mins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Michigan – a statewide crime prevention nonprofit organization led by more than 400 of Michigan’s best-known police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors and crime survivors – honored two of its members with Fight Crime’s prestigious “Crime Fighter Award”.   Chief Milton L. Scales, Jr., (left) Director, Office of Criminal Investigation, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, and to Chief Martin J. Underhill, (right) Chief of Police, City of Grand Ledge. 

 

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News Spotlight: The Lansing Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc

Rina Risper01 mins

 The Lansing Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is hosting Delta Census Day on February 27, from 11 am to 1 pm at the Lansing Fire Station #46 , 5135 Pleasant Grove. 

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News Spotlight – Michigan Civil Rights Director Dies Unexpectedly

Rina Risper04 mins

 Michigan Civil Rights Commission Chair Matthew Wesaw comments  regarding the untimely death of Michigan Department of Civil Rights Director Kelvin W. Scott on Saturday, February 20, 2010.

 

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

Rina Risper04 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.

 

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me2u – Habit – 9-2

Rina Risper09 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.

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Haitian-American Family Mourns Loss of Relatives

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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

 

 

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TravelMuse: Single Parent Family Vacation Savings Tips

Rina Risper07 mins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother and daughter spending a day at the beach. 

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

 

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Blackflix.com – “The Tooth Fairy” 9-2

Rina Risper03 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:     ***

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