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Dems Nominate Assemblyman Weprin To Replace Weiner
pix11.comDemocratic leaders in Queens have named Assemblyman David L. Weprin as their nominee to fill in the congressional seat recently vacated by ex-Representative Anthony Weiner. Weprin, a 58-year-old state assemblyman, was elected to the State Assembly in...Tags: New York City, New York, Politics, Anthony D. Weiner, Elections
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Census Says "Hispanic" Not A Race
PIX NewsWith millions of US Census forms hitting mailboxes this month, Latin Americans are noticing a confusing quirk in the 10-part questionnaire. The Census does not consider Hispanic to be a racial category. Responders have the option to label themselves...Tags: Demographics, New York City, Population and Census, New York, Minority Groups
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Use Of 'Negro' In 2010 Census Sparks Outrage
wpix.comThe use of the word 'negro' on the 2010 census form is drawing ire from many people. Question 9 on this year's consensus form reportedly asks about race, with one of the answers listed as "black," African-Am. or Negro." The term, which was used most...Tags: Demographics, Population and Census, New York, Social Issues, Minority Groups
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Clarence Page: America grows uneasy with its browning population
White babies are no longer a majority of new births, according to the Census Bureau. America is quietly "browning," it is said, like dinner rolls in a warm oven. Yet, such change does not come without resistance from those who prefer to remain unbaked....Tags: Government, Population and Census, Politics, Elections, Arts and Culture
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In Pittsburgh and other Rust Belt cities, more live alone
Since Allison Sturm's husband died 10 years ago, she's lived by herself at her apartment in Cincinnati. Friends and children visit from time to time, but she says she still feels alone in the city. "I don't like being lonely," Sturm, 79, said while...
Tags: University of Cincinnati, Demographics, Rentals, Allentown, Colleges and Universities
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Missouri high court upholds new congressional districts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the state's new congressional districts, finally providing certainty for candidates in the August primary elections. The court ruled Friday that the eight new U.S. House districts comply...Tags: Jay Nixon, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges
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13 candidates turn up the heat in inland congressional race
LAKE ARROWHEAD — A hiss rose from the front row as the Republican-turned-independent took a swing at his grand old party.
Voters in Southern California's vast frontier of mountains and desert can break from the GOP's "tyranny of the minority" in...Tags: Government, Tea Party Movement, Gun Control, Layoffs and Downsizing, Jerry Lewis
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News briefs for Wednesday, May 23
Egyptians vote in presidential election to rid nation of decades of dictatorship CAIRO (AP) — Determined to end decades of authoritarian rule, millions of Egyptians waited patiently in long lines outside polling stations across the nation on...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Government, Cancer, Iran's Nuclear Program, Entertainment
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Editorial: The minority report
Last week's announcement by the U.S. Census Bureau that more than half of babies now being born in the U.S. are not white should serve as a wake-up call to politicians, especially Republicans whose platforms have consistently included tougher...Tags: Science and Technology, Companies and Corporations, United States Census Bureau, Consumer Goods Industries, Minority Groups
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America's uneasy 'browning'
White babies are no longer a majority of new births, according to theU.S. Census Bureau. America is quietly "browning," it is said, like dinner rolls in a warm oven. Yet such change does not come about without resistance from those who prefer to remain...
Tags: Government, Population and Census, Politics, Elections, Arts and Culture
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O.C. jailer who took iPad, other bribes gets 2 years in prison
L.A. NOWJose Alday, 33, of Santa Ana was sentenced to two years in state prison and ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to taking bribes that included money and an iPad to allow visitors into the jail to see an inmate without being... -
Infant deaths in California hit record low
L.A. NOWInfant mortality in the state has dropped to a record low but racial disparities persist, according to the California Department of Public Health....
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