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LGBT activists in Doral protest Rubio after gay couples left out of immigration plan
The Miami HeraldMIAMI Gay activists gathered Wednesday in front of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's Doral office to protest the Senate Judiciary Committee's failure to include undocumented gay foreign nationals in a bipartisan immigration reform bill the panel approved late...Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, Patrick Leahy, Republican Party, Memorial Day
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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Mitch McConnell, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate
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New 'Sesame Street' character reveals who we are, where we want to go
Ana Veciana-SuarezMando is moving to "Sesame Street" this fall. Did you get the announcement? I did, and as a longtime fan of the PBS show, I read the details with great interest. It's not every day that a new neighbor joins Big Bird and the beloved cast of Muppets and...Tags: New York University, Minority Groups, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Bill Richardson, PBS (tv network)
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Sweden's capital hit by worst riots in years
ReutersBy Johan Sennero and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, May 22 (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs in three nights of rioting in Stockholm, Sweden's worst disorder in years. On...Tags: Politics, Unemployment Benefits, Interior Policy, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Aftonbladet (newspaper)
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1020 GMT, May 22
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- SEOUL/BEIJING - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid...Tags: Politics, Bashar Assad, European Union, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, U.S. Senate
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Sexual assault in jails
A new government report singles out Los Angeles County's Twin Towers as having one of the worst rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual assault of any men's jail in the nation. One in 20 inmates held there reported that he had been victimized by another inmate...
Tags: Sexual Assault, Justice System, Sex Crimes, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Her job: Stopping wage theft
SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Judges, Dan Logue, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Business
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Immigration cases make up 40% of federal prosecutions, study says
Immigration-related offenses are now the leading type of federal prosecution, constituting more than 40% of cases compared with 22% for drug crimes, according to federal crime data. Many immigrants are now prosecuted because they try to cross the border...
Tags: Politics, Criminals, Civil Rights, Trials, Crimes
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FACTBOX-Reviews for films in main competition at Cannes 2013
ReutersCANNES, May 22 (Reuters) - This year 20 films are in the main competition at the Cannes film festival, vying for the Palme d'Or for best picture that will be awarded on May 26. Here is the 2013 lineup with the average rating out of four by 10...Tags: Bruce Dern, Entertainment, Will Forte, Oscar Isaac, Ethan Coen
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Letters: Hope over immigration reform?
Re "Hope is paying a visit again," May 18 Once again we have a "cry me a river" story in The Times about the plight of illegal aliens. Hope is not paying a visit again. My son was killed in 2010 after being struck by an illegal alien motorist.... -
CORRECTED-FACTBOX-Reviews for films in main competition at Cannes 2013
Reuters(Corrects spelling of film title and character Grigris) CANNES, May 22 (Reuters) - This year 20 films are in the main competition at the Cannes film festival, vying for the Palme d'Or for best picture that will be awarded on May 26. Here is the 2013...Tags: Bruce Dern, Entertainment, Oscar Isaac, Will Forte, Ethan Coen
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Factbox - Reviews for films in main competition at Cannes 2013
ReutersCANNES (Reuters) - This year 20 films are in the main competition at the Cannes film festival, vying for the Palme d'Or for best picture that will be awarded on May 26. Here is the 2013 lineup with the average rating out of four by 10 international...Tags: Bruce Dern, Entertainment, Will Forte, Oscar Isaac, Ethan Coen
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