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LETTER: Justifications Continue Cycle Of Violence
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was thrown out of a mosque for shouting, "You cannot mention this guy (Martin Luther King Jr.) because he's not a Muslim" [April 21, news, "Brother 'Changed Drastically'"]. It wasn't about how he was treated here; it was about things...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Malcolm X
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NBA Player's Coming Out A Big Step Among Many
Perhaps this is a Jackie Robinson moment, a historic point in time — but it doesn't feel like one. It feels so inevitable that we had to be reminded that it hadn't already happened. We refer of course to National Basketball Association player...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Jason Collins, National Basketball Association, Washington Wizards, Sports Illustrated
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Civil Rights leaders describe scene in Danville leading up to Bloody Monday
WDBJ7 ReporterA half-century ago, one moment, and one group's decision to disobey the law, forever changed the history of Danville and the south. It's called Bloody Monday because of the violence that happened that day in the fight for civil rights. The law said...Tags: Prisons, Justice and Rights, Racism, Salem (Salem, Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice
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New poet laureate celebrates diversity
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.William Wells Brown. Countee Cullen. Effie Waller Smith. Many might not know their names, but Frank X Walker said he's determined to change that. "So many great black writers have contributed to Kentucky history, but they've gone unacknowledged," he...Tags: Fine Artists, Human Interest, Artists, Poetry, Islam
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BRIEF: Police search for missing men
The Progress-Index, Petersburg, Va.Chesterfield County Police were still searching the Appomattox River Saturday afternoon following the disappearance of two men who entered the river around 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Petersburg Police spokeswoman Esther Hyatt said that officers from...Tags: Missing Persons
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New survey of how people get hired
Joyce Lain Kennedy - Careers NowDEAR JOYCE: A few weeks ago, you wrote about a survey which concludes that a job seeker who arrives with a referral is vastly more likely to be hired than is a stranger. Are there other recent studies showing the most productive ways for job seekers to...Tags: Biology, Joyce Lain Kennedy, LinkedIn Corp., Politics, Elections
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Revitalized Chavis Park carousel spins memories of vibrant past
The News & ObserverOn a warm Saturday afternoon with puffy clouds rolling overhead, the carousel at Chavis Park officially reopened as more than 100 people showed up to try out the most recent incarnation of a ride that has been around for almost a century. The carousel...Tags: Raleigh
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EDITORIAL: Immigration reform has a prayer
Seattle TimesPROPONENTS of immigration reform are learning from the implosion of gun-safety legislation in the U.S. Senate. What transpired in the U.S. Capitol is a basic lesson in political science. Humanity and emotion do not trump lobbying muscle. The...Tags: Human Interest, Washington, DC, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Arthur Machen Jr., Venable law partner
Arthur W. Machen Jr., a retired attorney who was also the chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland and a legal advocate for the poor, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The former Ruxton resident was 92. A well-...
Tags: Human Interest, Carrollton, Justice System, Legal Service, Politics
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As 'Mad Men' moves into 1968, Matt Weiner talks history
“Mad Men” returned to AMC Sunday night with a premiere that was criticized by some for being too slow – perhaps a touch ironic, given that the episode saw Don Draper and his colleagues ringing in 1968, a year that was anything but...
Tags: Richard Speck, The New York Times, Assassinations, Arrested Development (tv program) , Columbia University
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Chechens in U.S. feel shame, fear over Boston bombing
When Albina Digaeva, a Chechen who was granted political asylum in the United States, first learned that the Boston bombing suspects were from Chechnya, she called the California family who initially put her up when she arrived 15 years ago and...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Belief and Faith, Politics, Human Rights, Islam
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L.A. County to offer free meningitis vaccine to low-income residents
Los Angeles County health officials on Wednesday began offering free meningitis vaccinations to low-income and uninsured residents while downplaying fears about a potential outbreak of the disease. "We really sympathize with the heightened concern...
Tags: Preventative Medicine, New York City, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Meningitis
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