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Home sales nearing reality in Communist Cuba
CNNOlivia Sersute and her sister have shared the same home on the second floor of a faded Havana mansion since they were children and even after getting married and having kids of their own. They didn't have much choice. In theory, Cubans own their own...Tags: Fidel Castro, Justice System, Minority Groups, Craigslist, Inc., Human Interest
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READ: Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Address On Young Men's Initiative
The following is Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's address as prepared for delivery today at a breakfast co-hosted by the Council of Urban Professionals and the New America Alliance at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Thank you, Timothy, and good morning....Tags: Government, Safety of Citizens, Social Issues, Unemployment Benefits, Human Interest
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Hospitals take cultural sensitivity seriously
In 20 years as a nurse practitioner, Ann Cho found herself preventing a false child-abuse claim — because a bruise on a baby was a "Mongolian spot" common to Asian babies — and explaining to health care workers why a new mother wouldn't take a...Tags: Government, Health, Minority Groups, Nursing, Social Issues
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McManus: Team Obama's victory plan
President Obama faces an uphill struggle in his campaign for reelection next year. His job approval rating is stuck just below 50%. The unemployment rate appears likely to remain above 8% until election day. And, though it's too soon to mean much, early...Tags: Philosophy, Minority Groups, Human Interest, Polls, Mitt Romney
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Glendale Community College to consider trustee districts
Glendale Community College has commissioned a $35,000 study exploring the possibility of moving from an at-large process for electing trustees to a district system.
The decision comes six weeks after Cerritos Community College was sued by voters who...Tags: Minority Groups, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, National or Ethnic Minorities, Voting
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Congressional redistricting set for final debate
Maryland's House of Delegates is poised to give final approval Wednesday to Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to redraw the state's eight congressional districts, but not before lawmakers engage in a final showdown over the controversial map.
Despite...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Minority Groups, Justice System, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Family's memories of 'another community'
Sylvia Ruiz Canterbury finally cut out one of the Burbank centennial advertisements she kept seeing. The ads reminded her of her family’s history and the stories her father shared with her — stories of struggles in school, of humiliation and...Tags: Canterbury, Arts and Culture, African Americans, Minority Groups, Social Issues
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Immigrant tuition petition drive is all about bigotry
Regarding the petition drive to suspend the law granting in-state tuition to illegal immigrants: At least the immigrants are trying to better themselves by getting an education that will lead to jobs so they can become self-supporting members of society....Tags: Immigration, Minority Groups, Illegal Immigrants, Migration, Labor Legislation
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Bigger In Texas
KIAHTexas is making strides yet again. Unfortunately, in the wrong direction! We've moved up in the list of fattest states from number 13 to 12. Findings in the annual report "f is for fat" compiled by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood...Tags: Texas, African Americans, Health, Mississippi, Minority Groups
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Three armed robberies reported
Three people were robbed at gunpoint separately in the Newport-Mesa area Sunday night and Monday morning, police said. About midnight Sunday, a 30-year-old Costa Mesa man was walking in the 1700 block of Orange Avenue when two men approached him, said...Tags: Minority Groups, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Cell Phones
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Battle Over Vehicle Impounds In The City Of Maywood
KTLA NewsMAYWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) -- Maywood residents and city community leaders are fighting against the return of vehicle impounds to their city which were halted in 2005. A small protest took place outside Maywood's City Hall Monday afternoon. It centered...Tags: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Minority Groups, KTLA
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Hispanics abandoning organized religion, pollster says
Crucifixes, Virgin Mary statuettes, ornate Spanish-style churches: so many religious images seem permanently linked with Hispanic Americans. But that’s eroding fast, according to pollster George Barna.
In the fourth update on his annual survey...Tags: Death and Dying Customs, Minority Groups, Cults and Sects, Protestantism, Christianity
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