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Avoid Scammers Collecting Money For Jessica Heeringa

Jessica Heeringa has been missing since April 26th.  While there have been some clues, some leads and searches and investigations, she is still missing.

Unfortunately, dishonest scammers will miss no opportunity - even an abduction - to get your money

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St. Cecilia Music Center Will be ArtPrize Music Hub Again for 2013

 

St. Cecilia Music Center will continue its role as the music hub during ArtPrize 2013 and will once again award $10,000 in prize money specifically to musical entries.

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McKay Tower Ballroom Ribbon-Cutting This Friday

 

Friday afternoon, Mayor Heartwell will be on hand for the ribbon-cutting at the newly-renovated "Ballroom At McKay Tower."  The event begins at 4:30.

Operations manager Chaundra Derks says the public banquet spa

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Real Life People and Movie Stars Who Played Them

Do you ever see movies based on a true story and wonder how similar the actors looked to the actual real-life people?

Right off the top of my head, I'm thinking of "The Blind Side" with Sandra Bullock, mainly because my wife loves that movie and we wind up watching it every time it's on TV.

Check out this photo gallery.  It's pretty amazing how close they are!

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Dolphin “Asks” Diver For Help

This is just a cool video. It shows a scuba diver on a night dive in Kaiula-Kona, Hawaii.

They're surrounded by several underwater creatures, but one dolphin swims very close to show the divers that it has a fishing hook and line stuck in a fin

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How To Properly Eat A Chicken Wing Because You’re Doing It Wrong

Eating a chicken wing seems simple enough, right?  Grab the chicken wing, bite the chicken wing, tear the flesh and meat from the bone, chew it, swallow, repeat... Wrong!  Sure, maybe that's how you eat a drumstick, but if you eat the wing like that... You, sir, are a savage!  Or just hungry.  Whatever's clever.

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The Best Of TEDxGrandRapids 2013 Via Twitter

TedxGrandRapids 2013 took place at Grand Rapids Civic Theater on May 9.

The event spread "ideas worth spreading" and inspired hundreds.

We have the highlights...via Twitter.

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Kendall College of Art and Design Professor Currently Displaying Work at DeVos Place

For Art fans everywhere, there is an exciting showing happening at DeVos Place.

Yes, DeVos Place, not the Art Museum or gallery.

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Woman Singing Whitney Houston (Badly), Kicked Off Plane

A flight from LA to NY made an emergency stop in Kansas City last week.  The reports say this was because of an "unruly passenger" on the flight.

One of the "unruly" things she was doing?  Singing "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston

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Grand Rapids Holds On To ‘Beer City, USA’ Title

Last year, Grand Rapids had to share the title of Beer City, USA with Asheville, North Carolina. This year, we didn't feel like sharing and after all 50,000 votes were tallied by the folks at Examiner.com, Grand Rapids came out on top. We are, once again (and this time without having to share), Beer City, USA!

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Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Iron Man 3′ and ‘The Greaty Gatsby’ Divide and Conquer

No one expected 'The Great Gatsby' to take number one at the box office over 'Iron Man 3' this weekend, but it did the next best thing: it opened huge at number two. There is no shame in this silver medal.

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SNL Wishes You a Happy Mother’s Day With 1-800 Flowers

Since it's produced so quickly, SNL will never not take advantage of any holiday that arrives near its air date. That meant that last night's episode saw a handful of mom-themed sketches in honor of Mother's Day! The first of them was a great fake commercial for a flower delivery service starring the terrific Kristen Wiig. Check it out below.

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