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GRISWOLD: E-Verify threatens American jobs and libertiesTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:07PMIf you are an unemployed American, Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas has a job waiting for you. We only need to find and deport the 7 million unauthorized immigrants who are now mowing lawns, scrubbing toilets, frying hamburgers, plucking chickens, slaughtering cattle and picking onions and lettuce across America. To ...

Rehabilitation Comes to a Prison and to Its InmatesMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:39PMNEW DELHI -- At least two prime ministers -- one future and one former -- have spent a few nights behind its high walls. Its current occupants include three members of Parliament, a top bureaucrat and one of India's richest men.

IBM teams up with Warren-Sterling Heights GoodfellowsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:59PMMore than a dozen needy residents and senior citizens from Warren are enjoying tidier yards, thanks to a group of IBM employees who recently celebrated the company’s 100th anniversary by lending a helping hand to the community.

Workshop fun and helpfulSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:03AMPELL CITY — They not only learned about the benefits of storing rainwater for landscape use, but were able to put that knowledge to work by assembling their own rain barrel to take home.

New plants block gap near poolSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:20PMA potentially dangerous situation was resolved when city workers re-landscaped the area surrounding the wading pool in Sixth Ward Memorial Park on East Ross Street. They finished the job just in time for the July Fourth holiday weekend.After the pool was renovated last fall, residents were concerned...

Off to the jamboreeFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:26PMSome local youths will be ambassadors for Scouts Canada when they leave for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Rinkaby, Sweden. More than 280 scouts from across the country will join troops from all over the world on July 22, for 10 days of celebrating everything scouting has to offer.[...]

Opening of new St. John's Y pushed backFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:51AMThe long-anticipated opening of St. John's new YMCA-YWCA will not happen Friday as planned.

Garden Q&A: Don't worry about bark loss on crape myrtlesFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:58AMQ: The bark is coming off my crape myrtles. What is causing it, and what do I spray it with?

Garden Q&A: Dont worry about bark loss on crepe myrtlesFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:42AMQ The bark is coming off my crepe myrtles. What is causing it, and what do I spray it with?