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Latinos…a hacerse la prueba de VIH
South Florida Sun-SentinelPuede que el sida siga siendo un tema tabú entre los hispanos, pero la realidad es que está más presente en esta comunidad de lo que se cree. Por ello hoy sábado 15 de octubre en el que se celebra el Día Nacional Latino para Concientización sobre el...Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Wilton Manors, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Hollywood (Broward, Florida)
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Tamales, L.A.'s original street food
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSouthern California's latest foodie trend has the region atwitter. Lines form long into the night at the latest hot spot for edible treasures, while wily entrepreneurs outdo each other by parking at the best spots. But not everyone is happy. Brick-and-...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Clubs and Associations, Restaurant and Catering Industry, African Americans, Restaurants
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Lives depend on more blacks becoming bone marrow donors
That day when Yvonne Lawrence glanced into the crib she immediately knew something was wrong.
Babies aren't supposed to be blue.
What she soon would learn at the hospital is that her 3-month-old son was cursed with sickle-cell anemia. The inherited...Tags: Business, Hips, Blood Cells, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Florida ranks in top 10 of states with high diabetes rates
One in 10 Floridians has diabetes, a "disturbing" trend revealed in the nation's fat report last week. Though Florida ranks as the 29th-most-obese state in the country, the Sunshine State is No. 10 for diabetes. It's a distinction that comes with a...Tags: 2010 Census, Diabetes, Genes and Chromosomes, Florida Hospital, Maine
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Newton: The impact of the 'parent trigger'
This is what the revolution looks like: It's a rally in Lynwood where parents demand the right to exercise their power to shape their children's future; it's a dozen residents in a South-Central apartment gathering to compare notes on the failing...Tags: Academic Progress, Los Angeles Unified School District, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities
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White and mixed-race youths rank high in alcohol, substance abuse
The first-ever survey of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse to recognize youths of mixed race or ethnicity has found that such kids hover closest to white adolescents in the rate at which they suffer substance abuse disorders. That is not reassuring,...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Marijuana Use, Native Americans, Juvenile Delinquency, African Americans
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Suspicion in Mexico's Sinaloa cartel
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Reporting from Calexico, Calif., and Badiraguato, Mexico
The towering iron gates opened onto a palm-lined driveway that led past the family church, a twisting water slide and two man-made lakes, one stocked with fish, the other with...Tags: Prosecution, Defendants, Crimes, Trials, Migration
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Op-Ed: Gay history is everyone's history
I was quite surprised to read not one but two columnists attack a new law, the FAIR Education Act, just signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. I usually find both columnists quite interesting and agree with most of their viewpoints, especially Dan Kimber's...Tags: Nazi Party, Arts and Culture, Judaism, Alan Turing, Gays and Lesbians
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Obama's border blues and 2012
It may not rank high in polls of voters' priorities compared to jobs and the economy, yet immigration has taken on a central role in the 2012 presidential campaign drama. Republican presidential debates have been a contest to see who can sound more...Tags: Deportation, Republican Party, Social Media, National or Ethnic Minorities, File Sharing
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Obama's confused policy on deportations
CNN ContributorEulalia Barrientos spent the last four months in a detention cell in New Jersey. After being apprehended by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement in June, the illegal immigrant was just steps away from being deported back to her native...Tags: Deportation, U.S. Military, Time Warner Inc., Television, Entertainment
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The remnants of Riverview
When Russ Hencinski looks out of his classroom window at Lane Tech High School, the science and astronomy teacher sees a strip mall with a Jewel-Osco grocery store and other smaller shops.
But in his mind's eye, Hencinski can conjure up an image of the...Tags: Vehicles, Roscoe Village, North Center, Entertainment, Aaron Carter
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HIV on the rise in Imperial County?
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterLocals in the medical community are greatly concerned about recent trends in local HIV testing where Hispanics have been testing positive for HIV in preliminary results. Franko V. Guillen, Walgreens Community Pharmacy HIV specialist and community...Tags: AIDS, Native Americans, Gays and Lesbians, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics
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Nov 7, 2011
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Oct 29, 2011
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Oct 6, 2011
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Jun 22, 2011
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Aug 7, 2011
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