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Obama tops McCain by 8: poll
The Swampby Frank James Two interesting polls this morning. The Washington Post has a presidential horse race poll this morning which gives Democrat Sen. Barack Obama a eight-point lead over Republican Sen. John McCain. Of course, all these race track polls......Tags: Kansas, Social Issues, U.S. Elections, Polls, Racism
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M.L. King's 'dream' fulfilled, many say
The Swampby Mark Silva Today, as a nation marks the birthday of the late Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr, -- who voiced "a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed:......Tags: Social Issues, Slavery, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Racism, Opinion Research Corporation
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Holder's race remarks: Good, bad sign?
The Swampby Josh Meyer For the past eight years, the U.S. Justice Department and the Bush administration were relatively quiet on the issue of race and its place within the social fabric of America and the enforcement of civil rights and......Tags: Black History, Social Issues, NAACP, Demonstration, George W. Bush
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Former City Commissioner to receive contract for race relations initiative
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsDelray Beach is expected to award an $85,000-contract to former City Commissioner Alberta McCarthy to revive a race relations initiative. The plan is to promote community unity under the R.A.C.E. Relations Initiative. R.A.C.E. stands for Relations between...Tags: Social Issues, Sociology, Contracts, Racism, Government
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Black Americans: Race relations gaining
The Swampby Mark Silva Black Americans have told pollsters, for the first time in the history of CBS News polling, that they feel good about the overall state of race relations in the United States. This is among the findings of......Tags: Social Issues, People, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Polls, Racism
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Race relations in America: Status quo
The Swampby Mark Silva Most Americans believe that a solution to the nation's problems in race-relations will eventually be resolved - a level of optimism that is essentially unchanged from a year ago, just before the election of the first African-American......Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Los Angeles, Polls, Racism
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Post-Obama race relations: Most hopeful
The Swampby Mark Silva With the election of Barack Obama, the first African American to serve as president, an overwhelming majority of Americans believed that race relations in the United States would improve. Most still do. But only 41 percent of......Tags: Social Issues, Sociology, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Polls, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Kokomo ranked on 'safest cities' list
The City of Kokomo was ranked in the top 50 on a list of the 405 safest places to live in the United States.
According to CQ Press’ annual report, City Crime Rankings for 2011-2012, Kokomo ranked at number 45.
The rankings were based on the...Tags: Theft
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Most commented: One in 12 prisoners too risky for 'non-revocable parole'
Opinion L.A.Is "non-revocable parole" too dangerous a risk for California to take? That's the case state Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) makes in Friday’s pages, in which he argues that the parole program is too poorly run to work properly. Here's an...... -
Marco Rubio at Reagan Library: 'Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up'
Top of the TicketFull text of freshman senator Rubio's maiden West Coast speech at the Reagan Presidential Library.... -
Expert testimony
Change of SubjectThe NYTPicker blog writes, "It's True: Spaghetti Tacos `Expert,' Prof. Robert Thompson, Has Now Been Interviewed By 78 Different NYT Reporters." But before there was Robert Thompson, there was Bernard Beck: Eureka! A man with the answers By Eric Zorn,....... -
Death in Miami
The Daily MirrorOne magazine, October 1954 In August 1954, a couple parking at a North Miami “lovers lane” found the body of a 27-year-old man in a pool of blood. About 500 yards away, police located a 1950 convertible with blood spatters......
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