Finding the perfect dress for any special occasion can be time consuming and expensive. Fortunately for hundreds of Marines and spouses here, they do not need to worry about that this year. Marine Corps Community Service and Robbins Brothers hosted a...
"Warden, I haven't heard back from your department. When is my start date for new hires?" A month earlier, as a 21 year old recent college graduate, I walked into my interview, feeling proud of myself. I thought, "No one can look more professional than...
Anyone who thinks David Simon left journalism when he exited the Baltimore Sun might want to check out the new season of HBO's "Treme." Or, for that matter, any or all of the five seasons of "The Wire." Though it's this season of "Treme," Simon's post-Hurricane...
Ebonee Bowers bent over in tears as she was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years behind bars for neglecting to take her child to get treatment after then-17-month-old Imani had been nearly fatally injured. Bowers was found guilty of child neglect on the third...
Online vs. in line? That's the choice for those who want Apple's new iPhone 5 right away when it is released Friday. Ordering the device via the Web may mean a warmer, drier experience, but iPhone fanatics still have been lining up outside Apple's flagship...
During the first decades of the 20th Century, when domestic photography was being developed and more and more people travelled and met on trains, the public was introduced to new ideas of brevity and transience. The 'brief encounter' became one of the...
Suzanne Shapiro was putting on her necklace to go to services at her synagogue when she noticed a lump on her neck. She called her doctor. “He took one look at it and said ‘We’re going to do a biopsy,’ ” she said. “Ten days later, I began treatment for...
Jay Starkey reaches out to the community one donation and one pair of shoes at a time. Starkey is executive director of In the Image, a non-profit organization on Grand Rapids southwest side. In the Image is a faith-based non-profit that turns revenue...
They say Sunday is a day of rest. I don’t really know who they are, but what do they know anyway? Sunday is like the forgotten little sister of the weekend family, and she deserves just as much love as Friday and Saturday. Rest up, but have a little fun...
Leonard Davis is one of the NFL's biggest men today because his parents, both of whom had lost spouses, found each other in small-town Texas and decided to add one more child to their already enormous blended family. He became No. 22 in the brood, between...
