Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
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February 21st, 2013
Written by Monika Scislowska - Associated Press in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish language experts launched a campaign Thursday to preserve the challenging system of its diacritical marks, saying the tails, dots and strokes are becoming obsolete under the pressure of IT and speed.
The drive, initiated by the state-run Council of the Polish Language, is part of the UNESCO International Mother Language Day. The campaign's Polish name is complicated...
February 20th, 2013
Written by Dan Gelston in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - With his Canon 60D in hand, Darrell Wallace Jr. is a fixture at the track, eagerly snapping photos with an insider's view of auto racing. His Instagram account is littered with day-in-the-life snapshots of cars and crews, all carrying the tag, "My crazy life captured in pictures."
Wallace, though, isn't a typical 19-year-old NASCAR prospect trying to climb the ladder,...
February 19th, 2013
Written by Ike Wilson - The News-Post of Frederick in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Dr. Robert Slawson and his wife, Mavis, attended a lecture in 2004 about African-American physicians in the Civil War. That experience prompted the retired oncologist to write a book dedicated to black men and women who practiced medicine during the war.
Slawson, a volunteer at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, had just finished a research project on medical...
February 15th, 2013
Written by Nedra Pickler - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is trying to change the face of a federal judiciary that has a long tradition of white men passing judgment on parties from all walks of life - if he can get his nominees past the Senate.
Republicans have used the powers accorded the Senate minority party to slow Obama's influence on the federal bench. But recent changes to Senate rules suggest the process...
February 13th, 2013
Written by Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
Christopher Dorner sees himself as a crusader, a 6-foot, 270-pound whistleblower who confronted racism early in life and believes he suffered in his career and personal life for challenging injustices from bigotry to dishonesty.
He fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming a Los Angeles cop in 2005, but saw it unravel three years later when he was fired after a police review board decided he...
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