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November 1st, 2012
Written by Alexa Olesen - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese government think tank is urging the country's leaders to start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015, a daring proposal to do away with the unpopular policy.
Some demographers see the timeline put forward by the China Development Research Foundation as a bold move by the body close to the central leadership. Others...
November 1st, 2012
Written by Holbrook Mohr - Associated Press in Religion's Mighty Rivers, Latest News, Race Relations with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter said Wednesday that he wants more diversity in the 16-million-member organization.
Luter, the first black president of the convention, was in Jackson for the 177th gathering of the Mississippi Baptist Convention. After delivering a sermon at First Baptist Church of Jackson, Luter told reporters his selection as president shows...
November 1st, 2012
Written by Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - The 10-year-old son of a neo-Nazi leader casually told police he had shot his father as he slept but then became agitated in the back of a patrol car and asked an officer if his father would survive, a police officer said.
Officer Michael Foster, who responded to the call of a shooting death on May 1, 2011, testified Oct. 30, 2012, the first day of the boy's murder trial...
October 31st, 2012
Written by Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 1 Comment
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At a busy intersection, a girl with a high half ponytail looks at you as she begs for coins. There is dirt beneath her fingernails and her pink shirt looks unwashed. The image in the photo could fit thousands of impoverished Mexican children who sell gum or beg for money in the streets, but for one thing: The girl in this picture is blonde.
The flurry of internet attention to...
October 31st, 2012
Written by Mike Schneider - Associated Press in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A judge on Monday denied prosecutors' request for a gag order in the trial of a neighborhood watch leader charged with killing a black teen, in a case which drew national attention over questions of race and self-defense.
Circuit Judge Debra Nelson said in an order that there was no need for a gag order at this time to ensure a fair trial for George Zimmerman.
The 29-year-...
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