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October 4th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in All About Family, Latest News with 1 Comment
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Luiz Pinto was seemingly everywhere on the patio of his family's hillside home as diners tucked away the last of their pork and beans and a band sent the rumble of a samba beat bouncing across the unfinished cement floor. Pinto navigated the tight spaces between tables and beamed a welcome to guests before rehearsing dance steps with an agility that belied his 70 years.
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October 4th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively over taxes, deficits, and healthcare Wednesday in their first debate of the presidential campaign. A look at what they said:
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Obama: "Gov. Romney and I do share a deep interest in encouraging small-business growth. So at the same time that my tax plan has already lowered taxes for 98 percent of families, I also lowered...
October 3rd, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a sheriff in the U.S. state of North Carolina and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted arrests with the intent of maximizing deportations.
In an 11-page report issued Tuesday, the federal agency said Sheriff Terry S. Johnson and his deputies violated the...
October 3rd, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — An attorney for a sheriff in the U.S. state of North Carolina accused of illegally arresting Latinos without probable cause to boost deportations says the lawman isn't interested in a settlement with the Justice Department.
Attorney S.C. Kitchen told government lawyers Wednesday that Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson hasn't done wrong and his deputies don't...
October 3rd, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters will decide in November on a Republican-backed proposal to wipe out all affirmative action programs in state government, a move that many opponents say is designed only to stoke racial tensions and drive white, conservative voters to the polls.
The GOP-controlled Legislature voted in 2011 to send the proposal to a vote of the people over the objection of...
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