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February 22, 2012
At Cardiology 2012 Conference, Experts in Pediatric Heart Disease Share the Latest Treatments and Hot Topics
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USHCC Recognizes Corporate Partner Chase for Providing Access to Capital to America's Small Businesses
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Academy Award-Nominated Movies Lack Females, Racial Diversity
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CPSC Adopts New Federal Standard for Portable Bed Rails
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Grupo Elektra and Western Union Enter into New Money Transfer Agreement
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Window World to Unveil Third Orange County Chopper on Hit Television Show American Chopper
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Integra Group Real Estate Expands Short Sale Capabilities By Creating Dedicated Department
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Cristiano Ronaldo Launches Official Mobile Application Giving Fans Unprecedented Access to the Superstar Athlete
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The Prostate Cancer Foundation Builds Momentum in China
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SC Johnson Named as a 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility Company by Shanghai Pudong Government
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AJC: Iran Again Stymies the IAEA
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Comcast Announces Agreements with Four New Minority-Owned Independent Networks
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UnitedHealthcare Invests Nearly $23 Million in Three Health Centers in Los Angeles to Help Improve Access to Quality Care
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NBA and Sprint Host NBA All-Star E-Recycling Day
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Entravision Communications Corporation to Present at Deutsche Bank 2012 Media & Telecom Conference
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Kimberly Edmunds Named Senior Vice President of Customer Care for Comcast Cable Central Division
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Registration Opens for the Master's Program in Spanish-Language Journalism
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International Arbitration Panel Orders Ecuador to Take “All Measures Necessary” to Suspend Enforcement of the Lago A
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Ford eNews - Feb. 22, 2012
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Universal Care Dental Group Partners with Health Net and LAUSD Healthy Start to Celebrate National Children’s Dental Healt
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Fed Report Blasts "Heavy-Handed" Puerto-Rico Police
Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings that the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) has engaged in a pattern and practice of misconduct that violates the Constitution and federal law. The investigation, launched in July 2008, was conducted in accordance with the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. ...
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CA Gov Vetoes Bill Prohibiting "English Only"
California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed SB 111, a language rights bill authored by San Francisco Congressman Leland Yee. According to Yee's office, SB 111 was landmark legislation that would have prohibited businesses from denying service to a patron because of the language he or she speaks. ...
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MT Senators Seek Congressional Gold Medal For Cobell
Montana Senators Jon Tester and Max Baucus today introduced legislation to award Montana's Elouise Cobell the Congressional Gold Medal. Cobell, a citizen of the Blackfeet Nation, is being recognized for ‘her outstanding and enduring contributions to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and the Nation through her tireless pursuit of justice.' ...
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Black Contractors To Protest Mississippi Bridge Project
Work on the new $700 million Mississippi River Bridge north of downtown St. Louis could come to a halt next week. East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks and the Metro-East Black Contractors Organization announced their plans ...
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Report: Poverty Linked To Minority Health
After a decade-long rise in concentrated poverty, one in 11 residents of metropolitan areas now live in communities where at least 30 percent of their neighbors are poor, according to a pair of studies unveiled today by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The reports, A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisi ...
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Minorities Targeted By War On Terrorism
An investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting into the counter-terrorism program at the Mall of America near Minneapolis, found that it often ensnares seemingly innocent people with the FBI and other law enforcement organizations. Ever since 9/11, the nation’s leaders have warned that government agencies can’t protect ...
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CA Black Community Rallies For LA Sports Complex
Citing Black unemployment, minority rights groups in the Black community are calling on California Senator Alan Lowenthal and all California legislators to stand up for jobs, especially for those hit hardest by the recession. The protest is co-sponsored ...
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BLACK KILLER'S DEATH DATE UPROAR
Georgia is scheduling the execution later this month of an inmate who has won worldwide support for his claims of innocence in the 1989 slaying of a Savannah police officer, his attorney said Tuesday. A Chatham County judge signed the death warrant for Troy Davis yesterday, marking the fourth time since 2007 ...
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