The James Logan Courier

By Kim Ossi
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

Here's a solution for the harried who still like to get a good book in from time-to-time: Daily Lit (dailylit.com). The site breaks a book up into installments sent via e-mail or RSS feed, making a lengthy book easier to fit into your schedule.

The site is easy to use: Just sign up and choose a book. Many are free — most of these are in public domain but some newer titles are freebies, too. Others cost a few bucks, but even most of these offer a couple sample installments before you have to pay. Once you pick a book, you can customize your delivery.

By Megha Satyanarayana
Detroit Free Press (MCT)

DETROIT — Sylvia Johnson, 70, is an active, retired Detroit school teacher who rides her exercise bike and uses an abdominal machine to strengthen her bones and muscles. She eats well, too, having cereal and fruit for breakfast and sometimes fish in the afternoon. But Johnson has one bad habit that researchers at Boston University now have linked to diabetes in black women.

"I'm a Pepsi addict. I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't curse," she said.

From wikipedia:
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer, and actor. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. In the late 1960s, Hayes became a recording artist, and recorded successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971) as the Stax label's premier artist.

Alongside his work in popular music, Hayes was a film score composer for motion pictures. His best known work, for the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft, earned Hayes an Academy Award for Best Original Song (the first Academy Award received by an African-American in a non-acting category) and two Grammy Awards. He received a third Grammy for the album Black Moses.

Learn more about Isaac Hayes at IsaacHayes.com.