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Law Corner: Buying or selling real estate? Get a lawyer
Some legal issues are unavoidable. For instance, the victim of identity theft can do nothing to prevent their credit card information from being stolen from a department store’s database. However, there are many legal difficulties that can easily be prevented with some diligence. The most common preventable issue that...Recipe Corner: Yogurt Cucumber Salad/Dip
This yogurt cucumber salad is very liquid and can be eaten as a cold soup, or dip. It’s smooth, healthy and very refreshing, perfect for the summer.Ingredients4 Lebanese cucumbers (or equivalent), finely chopped4 cups of plain yogurt1/2 cup of water2 cloves of garlic, crushedA few leaves of green mint finely chopped, or 1...La Pita to be featured on food national TV
DEARBORN — La Pita will be featured this fall on the Food Network’s "Chuck’s Eat the Street" program. Chuck Hughes (L) stands with La Pita owner Casey ChammoutThe show host Chuck Hughes visited La Pita on Thursday, July 25, and spent two hours in the restaurant's kitchen with Chef Hassan Ahmad Hamid. The program will...U.S. panel backs lung cancer screening for high-risk groups
After decades of debate, an influential U.S. panel has endorsed the use of low-dose CT scans to detect lung cancer in high-risk individuals, paving the way for insurance coverage of the test for as many as 10 million smokers and former smokers. The draft guidelines, issued on Monday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, call...
Egypt braces for rival rallies, army signals crackdown
July 26th, 20130 A deeply polarised Egypt braced for bloodshed on Friday, July 26, in rival mass rallies summoned by the army that ousted the state's first freely elected president and by the Islamists who back him.Both sides warned of a decisive struggle for the future of the Arab world's most populous country, convulsed by political and economic...
Netanyahu, Abbas to resume ‘Peace Process’ that never was
July 26th, 20130 The political peddlers, think-tank experts and media professionals are all back in full force. They want us to believe that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has done what others have failed to do. On his sixth trip to the Middle East during his post, and following intense shuttle diplomacy, likened to that of Henry Kissinger, Kerry...Politician assassination sparks new wave of protests in Tunisia
Tunis - Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi was shot dead outside his home in Tunis on Thursday, July 25, in the second such assassination this year, setting off violent protests against the Islamist-led government in the capital and elsewhere."This criminal gang has killed the free voice of Brahmi," his widow, Mbarka Brahmi,...WHO’s Iraq birth defect study omits causation
UNITED NATIONS - A long-awaited study on congenital birth defects by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Iraq is expected to be very extensive in nature.According to WHO, 10,800 households were selected as a sample size for the study, which was scheduled to be released early this year, but has not yet...Standing up for Helen Thomas
From the Archive: Helen Thomas, a courageous trailblazer for women, covering power politics, has died at the age of 92. Though recalled for her tough questioning of presidents, her career was unceremoniously ended when her media colleagues ostracized her over a clumsy remark about Israel, Robert Parry reported in 2010.(Originally...On the death of Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas, who died on July 20 at the age of 92, was the first woman journalist to cover the White House and did so for an unprecedented 50 years. She lasted in that job despite always asking the tough questions. It was a glorious run, besmirched only late in her career by opportunistic attacks by Zionist American ideologues.When that...TSA will grope you less for $85
If full-body scanners and TSA pat-downs make you feel uncomfortable, you now have an alternate option – for the hefty price of $85.The Transportation Security Administration has launched a new program that will allow members to bypass regular airport security checkpoints. Those enrolled in the “trusted traveler” program, called TSA...
Helen Thomas lives on in work of journalists she inspired
July 26th, 20130 Legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas passed away peacefully on July 20 at her Washington D.C. apartment, while surrounded by family and friends. She was 92. Still, Thomas will always live in the work of others she inspired. “I will always carry a piece of her in how I approach things. She was an...Community youth reflect on Lebanon war experience
When a ball of fire hit a building in Lebanon in July 2006, before the eyes of Alaa Makki, the American boy, who was 11 at the time, thought that it was "some really nice fireworks." But it wasn't. Makki, who was born and raised in Dearborn, was on his first visit to Lebanon. He was ignorant of war and the destruction that it...
‘Suhoor’ becomes a lifestyle for local Muslim community
July 26th, 20130 DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. on weekday mornings, the majority of Michigan's suburbs are sound asleep, in preparation for the following work day. However, during the Holy Month of Ramadan the Muslim community in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights remain wide awake and out and about, as they...Flashing traffic light in Dearborn changed after news report
DEARBORN — Last week, The Arab American News (TAAN) published a story about a flashing red traffic light at the intersection of Chase and Warren, which has caused some problems during the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan, when traffic flow tends to be pretty heavy during late night and early morning hours.Just 48 hours after TAAN contacted......
Dearborn City Council approves sale of City Hall despite strong opposition
DEARBORN — On Tuesday, July 23, the Dearborn City Council approved the sale of City Hall to ArtSpace, a national non-profit organization, for $1.6 million. In a 5-1 vote, the council voted in favor of the sale, despite strong opposition that was voiced earlier in the meeting, from both residents and candidates of the upcoming...
Making sense of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing
July 26th, 20130 Detroit filed the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on Thursday, July 18. Creditors and unions are opposing the bankruptcy and challenging it in a court battle, which ensued on Wednesday, July 24.The Arab American News sat down with the director of graduate studies in economics at Wayne State University, Allen Goodman, to make...Arab American tutoring company offers low cost services to students
DEARBORN — Hussein Hachem was once in the same position as a lot of the students who receive services from the tutoring company he established about six months ago. He learned how expensive tutoring could be when he first emigrated from Lebanon to the United States and started school, over five years ago. As an immigrant, he...Hizbullah says EU decision invites Israeli attack on Lebanon
BEIRUT - Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Wednesday, July 24, the European Union had given Israel justification to attack Lebanon by blacklisting the armed wing of his group, and would bear responsibility for any Israeli military action.The bloc agreed earlier this week to list what it described as the military wing of......
Ann Arbor transit system bans political messages on buses, after rejecting anti-Israeli ad
July 26th, 20130 ANN ARBOR — The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA), a bus agency that falls under the public transit system in Ann Arbor, is not open to advertising anti-Israeli ads. That's what resident and activist Blaine Coleman learned back in 2011, when he made an attempt to purchase spots for an ad that included the statement "Boycott...Bouncing a little check can be a big problem
Being on the receiving end of a bad check can be an irritating experience. Most people would probably rather have someone avoid paying them altogether than to deposit a check, only to have their bank return it for non-sufficient funds or non-existent account. Under Michigan law, the writer (or “maker”) of a bad check......
Workers call for politicians to raise minimum wage
DETROIT/LANSING – Michigan workers and community leaders joined a nationwide call to action for raising the minimum wage this week. “It seems like everything keeps getting more expensive, but my pay just stays the same,” said Sam Johnson, a local fast food worker and member of Michigan United. “A couple dollars more an...Darany Resolution offers well wishes for Ramadan
LANSING — State Representative George T. Darany (D-Dearborn) submitted House Resolution 191 to offer best wishes to Muslims in Michigan, and across the world, on the joyous and meaningful observance of Ramadan. Darany.The resolution was adopted by the Michigan House of Representatives and recognizes the month in which Muslims......