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February 22, 2012
Window World to Unveil Third Orange County Chopper on Hit Television Show American Chopper
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New Phone Line Offers Free Advice on Memory Loss, Dementia from the University of Michigan
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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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Universal Care Dental Group Partners with Health Net and LAUSD Healthy Start to Celebrate National Children’s Dental Healt
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NBA and Sprint Host NBA All-Star E-Recycling Day
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Comcast Announces Agreements with Four New Minority-Owned Independent Networks
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Academy Award-Nominated Movies Lack Females, Racial Diversity
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Kimberly Edmunds Named Senior Vice President of Customer Care for Comcast Cable Central Division
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Cristiano Ronaldo Launches Official Mobile Application Giving Fans Unprecedented Access to the Superstar Athlete
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Grupo Elektra and Western Union Enter into New Money Transfer Agreement
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USHCC Recognizes Corporate Partner Chase for Providing Access to Capital to America's Small Businesses
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Registration Opens for the Master's Program in Spanish-Language Journalism
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The Prostate Cancer Foundation Builds Momentum in China
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Integra Group Real Estate Expands Short Sale Capabilities By Creating Dedicated Department
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Ford eNews - Feb. 22, 2012
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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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SC Johnson Named as a 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility Company by Shanghai Pudong Government
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CPSC Adopts New Federal Standard for Portable Bed Rails
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AJC: Iran Again Stymies the IAEA
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At Cardiology 2012 Conference, Experts in Pediatric Heart Disease Share the Latest Treatments and Hot Topics
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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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Latinos Become Majority In Federal Prisons
A new report from the U.S. Sentencing Commission reveals, for the first time, Latinos make up more than half of all federal felony offenders sentenced so far this year. The report shows that Latinos comprised 50.3 percent of all federal felony offenders sentenced in the first nine months of fiscal year 2011. Felony immigration crimes accounted for most of the increase. Hispanics outnumber all other ethnic groups ...
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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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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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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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White Supremacist Sentenced For Hate Crime
In January 2010, Zachary Beck and two other white supremacists attacked a black man in downtown Vancouver, Wash., yelling, "White Power!" "You're dead!" and racist slurs. In U.S. District court, Beck was sentenced to 51 months in prison. According to court documents, Beck and his co-conspirators, Kory Boyd and Lawrence Silk, attacked a Black man in a Vancouver sports bar on Jan. 7, 2010, because of the man’s race. ...
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Racial Disparities Found In Military Death Penalty Cases
A study by a group of law and statistics professors found that minorities in the military were twice as likely to be sentenced to death than their white counterparts. Professor David Baldus of the University of Iowa College of Law and associate professor Catherine Grosso of the Michigan State University College of Law, the study's lead authors, ...
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