Where the wild things are: Woman gives herself to rehabilitating injured, orphaned animals
McClatchy Newspapers
3/6/2009, by Jeff Seidel
Detroit Free Press (MCT) - Sandra Kapla was horrified when her cat attacked a sparrow. Kapla rescued the bird but it was seriously injured and bleeding. She took the sparrow to a bird sanctuary in Howell, Mich., more than 30 miles from her home. A few hours later, she was at a Red Lobster in ...
Don't wait until the end to plan for your funeral
McClatchy Newspapers
3/4/2009, by Kayce T. Ataiyero
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Funeral service planning doesn't make most people's to-do lists. Replacing your tires, renewing your life insurance, putting the mail on hold during vacation _ these things might get done. But to spare family members from the expense of a funeral and making decisions on such ...
Facebook on a growth spurt; older members add to surge in popularity
McClatchy Newspapers
3/4/2009, by Laurel Rosenhall
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - It seems, all of a sudden, like everyone is on Facebook. The boss. The grandparents. Long-lost friends from high school.
Facebook attracted 25 million new users in the last month alone.
The social networking Web site that started off as an online hangout for college ...
Balancing your Facebook
McClatchy Newspapers
3/4/2009, by Lisa Crouch
The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (MCT) - It seems everyone is on Facebook these days: your co-workers, your best friend from third grade, your mom. Facebook usage has exploded in the past year, with the site claiming its fastest-growing demographic are adults ages 30 or older. Since abandoning its ...
Student loans are still an option in troubled economy
McClatchy Newspapers
3/2/2009, by Ashley Smith
The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) (MCT) - In the current state of the economy, accruing more debt is probably the last thing on anyone's mind, but it may be the only option for some college-bound undergraduate students. Financial aid professionals say it's a safe time to borrow.
"More funding ...
Poor economy makes unemployed vulnerable to job scams
McClatchy Newspapers
3/2/2009, by Steve Giegerich
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT) - Joe Epstein's heart did a little flip-flop when he opened an e-mail from a staffing firm that promised a portal to a new job. "When you're in this situation, it really picks you up," said Epstein, 58. Nearly a year after being laid off from his job as an information ...
Fewer students turn pages of yearbooks in digital age
McClatchy Newspapers
2/28/2009, by Kim Hone-Mcmahan
AKRON, Ohio (MCT)- Kristen Thompson grinned when chatting about how her parents sometimes reminisce about their school days, flipping through the pages of the yearbook. For those of us who bought the annuals, the headshot of the class clown can thrust us back to the time when he and some of his ...
Seniors use brain training software to sharpen their minds
McClatchy Newspapers
2/25/2009, by Bob Moos
The Dallas Morning News (MCT) - Angie Rogers wants to stay fit enough to ride her motorcycle well into her 60s, so the 54-year-old Sachse, Texas, resident is working out on her computer almost every day. The brain training software on her computer keeps her mentally sharp, which she hopes will help ...
Day cares facing crunch as families keep children home
McClatchy Newspapers
2/24/2009, by Mandy Locke
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - For many parents of young children, receiving a pink slip means getting a new job: stay-at-home mom or dad. As a result, day cares are facing a crunch. For many centers, the loss of children has been so dramatic in recent months they are forced to put teachers on ...
Teens fearful of reporting domestic abuse
McClatchy Newspapers
2/24/2009, by Megan Twohey and Bonnie Miller Rubin
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - A common reaction among students to Chris Brown's alleged attack on Rihanna goes something like this: "Ha! She probably did something to provoke it," said Ed Loos, a junior at Lake Forest (Ill.) High School In Chicago, Sullivan High School sophomore Adeola Matanmi has heard ...
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