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A group of muscular men saunter through a yellow and purple door on 8 Mile in northwest Detroit.

Above them a neon pink sign says "Trumpps" and a violet canopy boasts, "World's Finest Gentleman's Club.

The name has changed but the mission hasn't. The Susan G.

Komen Breast Cancer Foundation announced this week that it is going by a new name -- Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

RALEIGH, N.

C. -- Keira McNeill has specific ideas about how to mother her two daughters -- cloth diapers preferably -- and specific problems, such as her struggle with postpartum depression. With 6-month-old Campbell and 2-year-old Teaghan to handle, she finds it hard to go out looking for other like-minded moms in the Triangle.


Male or female fighters combat each other in 5-minute rounds. There are typically three rounds per match; title fights can be five. If there is no clear winner, usually by knockout or tap out, one is decided by three judges.


Stroll through an airport with a ZUCA in any color and you're sure to get stares -- and a few smiles. This aluminum-framed carry-on is futuristic, sleek and sturdy -- and only 10 inches wide, 18 inches high and 14 inches deep. It was created by Laura Udall to lighten her children's backpacks and morphed into a travel bag.


To list an event, send a fax to Robin Payne at 313-223-5985, e-mail her at rpayne@freepress.com or write her at Detroit Free Press, 600 W. Fort, Detroit 48226.

Please send notices at least three weeks in advance.
To list a reunion, send a fax to Robin D. Payne at 313-222-5985, e-mail her at rpayne@freepress.

com or write her at Detroit Free Press, 600 W. Fort, Detroit 48226. Please send notices at least three weeks in advance.


Personal: Married with one child. She has a Siberian husky named Prince.
Repurposing for your home can mean anything from thinking of a new way to use a piece of furniture to turning junk into imaginative furniture and decor.

It's a way of life for some. Steve and Jim Kelley star in the popular HGTV show "Junk Brothers." Taking a burned-out electric stove and tricking it out as an outdoor grill is just one of their projects.


Britney Spears is out with ...

not Paris Hilton, not panties ...

but a new fragrance, Midnight Fantasy.
MARRAKECH, Morocco -- Morocco sits at the northwest tip of the African continent, stretching within just 9 miles of Europe. But, as our train between Rabat and Marrakech passes a dusty, ancient-looking village that seems as if it could crumble in an instant, I think that culturally, this country and Spain, its nearest neighbor on the Continent, might as well be 9,000 miles apart.


PARIS -- Dominique Abouaf has a passion for fashion, and it's in full cry this morning as she glides about her boutique selecting the perfect scarf for one woman's jacket and a wide belt to go over another's dressy blouse and assuring a third that certainement, madame, those pants are supposed to be snug.
Dear Travel Doctor: My husband and I are going on a cruise soon. What are the new rules about buying liquor in the islands and bringing it home on a plane?

That rum is just calling my name. -- Party Girl Dear Party: Booze you try to get through security in your carry-ons will be confiscated.
What do you like about Metro Airport?

How can it improve? Here's your chance to tell Metro Airport exactly what it's doing right and wrong. Get out your red pencil and help us create the 2007 Detroit Free Press Metro Airport Report Card.

Grade the airport in the categories below, and tell us why. We'll report back in February.
Sure, February has that darn Groundhog's Day prediction coming, but the book forecast is clear -- publishers recognize this month with new releases and special attention to the past in recognition of Black History Month and Presidents' Day, as well as Women's History Month in March.


Going up a mountain can be deadly work, as recent reports about missing climbers in Oregon and China remind us. Bad weather, avalanches, accidents, altitude sickness, poor preparation, unsound decisions, equipment failure. A lot of things can go wrong.


The editors of "Lengua Fresca: Latinos Writing on the Edge" want to showcase the next wave of Latino writing -- authors who, though they're bilingual and bicultural, don't fixate on how their ethnicity makes them different.
For the first three-quarters of the 20th Century, steady progress in physics transformed our fundamental understanding of the universe. Then a mathematical approach called string theory caught fire.

To many physicists, it seemed the path to their holy grail, the "grand unification" of forces and fundamental particles into one theory.
There's plenty of strip-mall pizza around Detroit -- quick, inexpensive chains like Domino's or Little Caesars or your neighborhood pizza joint.
QUESTION: A recipe for bread called for just 1/4 teaspoon instant yeast.


Panini, those perfectly grilled Italian sandwiches, make a great simple supper. And you don't need a panini press to make them.
Serves: 4 / Preparation time: 15 minutes Total time: 30 minutes 1 jar (7 ounces) roasted red peppers, rinsed, drained 1 clove garlic, peeled, minced Freshly ground pepper 8 slices rustic Italian bread, 1/2-inch thick 8 medium slices mortadella, about 8 ounces
Makes: 1 1/2 pound loaf / Preparation time: 1 1/2 hours Total time: 24 hours (includes 20 hours rising time -- not all active time) 3 cups all-purpose or bread flour, more for dusting 1/4 teaspoon instant yeast 1 1/4 teaspoons salt 1 5/8 cups water
Serves: 8 / Preparation time: 10 minutes Total time: 3 hours, 45 minutes (not all active time) 1 tablespoon olive oil 3/4 cup onion, sliced 1/4 cup real bacon bits 2 (9 ounces each) packages frozen Italian green beans 2 cups canned stewed tomatoes
Today's Heart Smart recipe uses an ingredient that may be unfamiliar to you -- Italian green beans.

Also called Romano beans, Italian green beans have a wide, flat, bright green pod. Fresh beans fall into two broad categories: edible-pod beans and shell beans. Edible-pod beans are beans that can be eaten whole, pod and all.


Dale and Thomas Popcorn, makers of gourmet popcorn in a variety of flavors, have a football-themed party box for the Super Bowl. Eight bags of popcorn come in a football carrier box along with a faux pigskin popcorn bowl. Popcorn flavors include two each of Chocolate Chunk N' Caramel, Sweet and Spicy BBQ, Georgia Pecan and Cheddar Chipotle for $38.

A Dale and Thomas Popcorn store recently opened at 304 S. Main Street in Royal Oak; it will carry the party box. Call 248-658-4000.

Or order at www.
The scoop: Bumble Bee tuna in easy-to-open cans in three flavors: Spicy Thai Chili, Sundried Tomato Basil and Lemon Pepper. The taste: These are convenient to pop in a lunch bag, but lack flavor and quality.


Better Health Market, 42875 Grand River, Novi. Executive chef Frank Turner from the Matt Prentice Restaurant Group prepares healthy recipes using organic food, 10 a.m.

-2 p.m. Sat.

Call 248-735-8100.
There are many rules you can follow to stay healthy but today we present three basic ones: the 3-Foot Rule, the 10% Solution and the 15-Second Friction. Such rules are refined and changed, sometimes disputed, but they can't hurt you if you follow them and there's a good chance they will help you against the germs prevalent in the winter.


One of the best things you can do for your health is add super-nutritious foods such as nuts to your diet.
The senior division of the City of Farmington Hills is hosting "Vital Woman: Heart Savvy," 6-7 p.m.

Monday at Costick Activities Center, 28600 Eleven Mile. The program is aimed at helping women age 50 and older reduce the risk for heart disease.
Doctors are hoping to prevent even more cases of chicken pox by urging children to routinely get two shots against varicella instead of just one.

Recommendations released this month by the American Academy of Pediatrics call for children to get a second dose of the varicella vaccine between the ages of 4 and 6.
It's been a big couple of days for sports news. Here's an update for you -- and we have a sports trivia quiz, too, for fans who are up on the news and sports history.

We'll have a random drawing for two lucky winners with correct entries to get a set of Free Press collectible posters and the "Roar Restored" book about the Tigers.
You could say that things have gotten a little out of control in Nick Lemerand's garage. It's not all Nick's fault, though.

It's his dad Rick's fault, too: The two just can't seem to stop building a model they started four years ago.
Yoga is a type of exercise that originated in ancient India. Today, millions of people all over the world do yoga, including dancers, athletes, models, movie stars and others committed to strengthening the body and mind.


Monday was a huge day for authors and illustrators of children's books as the American Library Association announced the winners of the biggest awards for books for young readers. It's like the Oscars for movies or the Grammys for music. (In fact, today will bring the announcement for nominees for the Academy Awards.

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