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THE 102ND CARNIVAL OF HOMESCHOOLING: The Many Hats of Homeschool Edition.

I WOULDN’T HAVE THOUGHT THE WOLVERINES WOULD HAVE SO MUCH TROUBLE: Rutgers coach Schiano tells U-M no.

CALLED OUT: Cowboys hope to beat Lions and shut up QB Jon Kitna

Kitna said Cowboys linebackers were not effective, among other things, and ripped No. 56, Bradie James, in particular during a radio interview after leading the Lions to an improbable win at Dallas to end the 2006 regular season.

James said Sunday’s game at Ford Field has been circled on his calendar all year and called Kitna’s comments “classless” when the team returned from a long break after beating Green Bay.

“In a sense, we’ve all been called out,” Dallas linebacker Kevin Burnett said.

The last thing Dallas needs is another reason to beat Detroit, but they’ve got it anyway.

In three previous games against NFC East teams (which is Dallas’ division), the Lions are 0-3 while being outscored by a combined 106-34.

ICE: GR ice skating rink opening soon

Opens Friday at Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids.

NICE: Toddler, infant found home alone. In Three Rivers:

Police took the seven and 18-month-old children into protective custody and discovered marijuana, crack cocaine and cash in the home.

UMMM, I’ll PASS: Man receives 96 percent APR loan offer

In GR:

The unsecured loans available are relatively small - $1,000 to a maximum of $3,000. But at 96 percent APR, that $3,000 loan with 24 monthly payments of $284.93 comes out to a payback of $6,838.32.

The offer was from an out-of-state lender. Michigan lenders are limited to a maximum APR of about 13% for unsecured loans.

PICS FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND’S GVSU PLAYOFF WIN OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON. With commentary by the photographer. Click each for a better look.

#61 is Brandon Barnes, Offensive Captain & Senior OT from Detroit Pershing at 6-2 and 315 lbs.
#4 is All-American Senior LB & Defensive Captain at 6-2 and 234 lbs., Anthony Adams of Troy, Michigan.

Also, #6 Junior TE, Scott Basko at 6-5 and 265 lbs out of Lansing. He is a stud as is Adams!

Their QB is #13, Sophmore Brad Iciek (pernounced I-check) of Grandville, Michigan who is up for the Harlan Hill Award.

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STUPID ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINE OF THE DAY: Mother Nature feels the pains of divorce

“A married household actually uses resources more efficiently than a divorced household,” said Jianguo Liu, an ecologist at Michigan State University whose analysis of the environmental impact of divorce appears in this week’s online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

More households means more use of land, water and energy, three critical resources, Liu explained in a telephone interview.

Now, I’m in favor of traditional families and also in favor of protecting the environment, but to put up a news report on how divorce is bad for the environment is pretty silly.

UPDATE: Here are a couple of other environmental headlines today:

More than 10,000 jet into Bali for global warming conference

Why not a “Global Warming conferences help cause global warming?” headline.

And then there’s Coalition sues Land Office over wind farms

What kind of coalition is suing? Why, an environmental coalition, of course.

HUGE BASEBALL NEWS: Tigers acquiring Cabrera, Willis in mega-deal

The Detroit Tigers reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday to acquire Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins for a package of six players, an unexpected blockbuster trade that developed quickly at the winter meetings..Florida gets lefty Andrew Miller, outfielder Cameron Maybin and four other prospects from the Tigers, a baseball official with knowledge of the talks said on condition of anonymity because the trade had not yet been finalized.

The Tigers are going to have quite a lineup if this happens.

OINK: Feral pigs spreading out into Michigan’s suburbs, parks