Houston, Texas (NAPSI) - January is National Stalking Awareness month, and Dr. Michelle Ward, who studies predatory criminals, is on a mission to empower stalking victims. Dr. Ward has been the victim of stalking herself and hosts the Investigation Discovery series “Stalked: Someone’s Watching,” which airs Wednesdays.

Tempe, Arizona (NAPSI) - It’s “the most wonderful time of the year,” but the holidays can also be the busiest.

Houston, Texas (NAPSI) - There are more small and medium-sized cash transactions during the holidays than at any other time of the year, making November to December “prime time” for counterfeiters.

Yuma, Arizona (NAPSI) - Some maintain that “all politics is local” and others claim that there are multiple benefits to eating locally grown food and patronizing local merchants.

New York, New York (NAPSI) - The power goes out. There is construction in your neighborhood. A flood strikes. A water main cracks. Each of these can cause a disruption in the flow of water to your home. This disruption can affect the quality of your water for drinking, cooking and household chores.

Washington, DC (NAPSI) - When it comes to Medicare, open enrollment is the time for people to compare their health and prescription drug coverage. People with Medicare have from October 15th until December 7th to make changes to their health and prescription drug plans.

Cortez, Colorado (NAPSI) - For the past decade, Iowa corn and soybean farmer Jay Schaaf has struggled with slow Internet from four different providers. Says Schaaf, “First, I tried dial-up, and that didn’t work at all. Then I tried three other providers and just wasn’t happy. The experience was so slow and frustrating; I’d end up just shutting the computer off.”