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April 3rd, 2013
Written by Michael Biesecker - AP Staff Writer in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol last week to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is now being taken down after civil rights leaders raised concerns.
The decision, announced Friday evening, hours after the Associated Press published a story about the flag, which officials said, was part of the historical display intended to...
April 2nd, 2013
Written by Darlene Superville - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama said Tuesday that a new movie chronicling Jackie Robinson's rise through Major League Baseball, including the racial discrimination he endured while breaking the sport's color barrier in the 1940s, left her and the president "visibly, physically moved" after they saw it over the weekend.
The film, "42," also left the couple wondering; "how on Earth, did (the...
April 2nd, 2013
Written by Alicia A. Caldwell - Associated Press in Eyes On The Enterprise with 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department expects applications for high-skilled immigration visas to exceed the available jobs in a matter of days, one of the fastest runs on the much-sought-after work permits in years and a sign of continued economic recovery amid new hiring by U.S. technology companies.
The urgent race for such visas - highly desired by Microsoft, Apple, Google, and...
April 2nd, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A farm purchased by a Richmond department store owner during World War II to shelter Jews escaping Nazi Germany has been added to the Virginia Landmarks Register.
Hyde Park in Nottoway County is among 13 additions to the register by the state Department of Historic Resources. Others include historic districts, a New Deal-era elementary school in northern Virginia, and houses...
April 1st, 2013
Written by Robert H. Reid - Associated Press in National Collegiate Dialogue with 23 Comments
BERLIN (AP) - In gritty the backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, women wearing headscarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time in cafes sipping coffee, chatting in Turkish, and reading Turkish newspapers.
More than 3 million people of Turkish origin live in Germany - the legacy of West Germany's Cold War-era program to recruit temporary foreign labor during the...
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