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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: Crimes, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Cell Phones, Minority Groups
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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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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: Medical Specialization, Public Employees, Health and Medical Professionals, Government, Politics
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Fatty Liver Disease: Are You at Risk?
The 33 NewsJenny Carillo is like a growing number of young American's--she's 23 and was diagnosed with fatty liver disease when she was 19. "I guess it's how you're parents teach you to eat," Jenny said. "I guess I always ate what my dad ate." Dr. Shahid Aziz is...Tags: Liver, Surgery, Weight Loss, Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Conditions
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U Mich. receives record number of applications
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan says it's received a record number of applications from aspiring freshmen for the fifth-straight year. The school said Wednesday 39,570 people have applied for the 2011-12 freshman class, up 25...Tags: African Americans, Education, University of Michigan, Native Americans, Colleges and Universities
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California Becomes First State to Mandate Gay History in Schools
KTLA NewsSACRAMENTO (KTLA) -- California became the first U.S. state on Thursday to require public school textbooks to include the accomplishments of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans as Governor Jerry Brown signed the mandate into law. "History should be...Tags: Republican Party, African Americans, Democratic Party, Education, Jerry Brown
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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: Protestantism, Bible, Cults and Sects, Death and Dying Customs, Christianity
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July 17, 2011-School Board Blues
The other day some predictably misguided reader emailed the editorial page to accuse my cartoon of being racist because I had the temerity to depict a black man in prison. A BLACK man in prison! Imagine that! That empty charge of racism has been...Tags: Racism, Connecticut, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, ESPN (tv network)
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Chicago Latino aldermen want more City Council seats
Clout StreetThe leader of the Chicago City Council’s Latino Caucus said today that four more wards should have Latino supermajorities, an announcement that came as the council nears a deadline for redrawing the city’s wards. The city should have 14...Tags: Marty Quinn, Democratic Party, Richard F. Mell, African Americans, Roberto Maldonado
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Excessive outrage over Berkeley Republicans' half-baked protest
I have no beef with the student Republicans.
Oh, I disagree with them about affirmative action, and probably a dozen other things as well. But I am not troubled — amused, but not troubled — by the way they've expressed their view....Tags: Richard Pryor, Republican Party, African Americans, Stephen Colbert, National or Ethnic Minorities
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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: National or Ethnic Minorities, Voting, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups, Social Issues
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Stop and frisk: The Fourth Amendment takes a hit
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated..." — Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
Just in case you forgot.
There...Tags: African Americans, Michael Bloomberg, Justice and Rights, New York City, Civil Rights
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Jul 15, 2011
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Aug 3, 2011
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Oct 30, 2011
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