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College degrees bring lifetime financial rewards, census says
L.A. NOWIt pays to get a college degree and it especially pays to earn a bachelor’s in engineering or computer science. Those are some of the findings of two new reports from the U.S. Census Bureau that examined income disparities linked...... -
Crystal Bridges art museum is reshaping Wal-Mart's hometown
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — To meet Gilbert Stuart's "George Washington," Norman Rockwell's "Rosie the Riveter," Andy Warhol's "Dolly Parton" and hundreds of other artworks less famous and more subtle, first fly to XNA. That's right, Northwest Arkansas...
Tags: Arts and Culture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, New York Public Library, Walmart, Human Interest
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California's community colleges staggering during hard times
Marianet Tirado returned to Los Angeles Trade Tech community college this fall, optimistic that she would get into the classes she needs to transfer to a four-year university. Of the courses she wanted, only two had space left when she registered in May....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, California State University, Long Beach, Teaching and Learning, Finance
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California has nation's highest number of veterans
L.A. NOWNew infographic on nation's veterans by census bureau shows California with highest population of former military men and women. Texas and Florida are next.... -
China, U.S., Europe battling over a shrinking global-trade pie
World NowGlobal Focus: In polite, diplomatic language, China this week accused Eurozone leaders of piling up debts that threaten global economic stability and the Europeans countered with complaints that Beijing manipulates its currency to unfairly skew trade in... -
Census Bureau considers changes to race, ethnicity questions
L.A. NOWCensus Bureau considers changes to the race questions asked in its surveys.... -
Wealthy home buyers demand bathrooms; lots of bathrooms
Here's another way the rich are different: They have more bathrooms.
Real estate brokers who cater to the moneyed say their clients typically want homes that have at least two bathrooms for every bedroom. And with spacious tubs, floor lamps, dressing...Tags: Adrian Beltre, Arts and Culture, Real Estate Buyers, Services and Shopping, Tour Operations Industry
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2010 census was largely accurate but undercounted minorities
L.A. NOWA new analysis shows that the 2010 Census was generally accurate but disproportionately undercounted blacks, Latinos and other traditionally hard-to-count groups.... -
That bad attitude? Blame the birth month
If you don't believe in horoscopes, you're in step with science. But that's not the same as saying the season of your birth cannot affect your fate. Hundreds of studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, have suggested that the month a person is born...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Behavioral Conditions, Psychology, Newspaper and Magazine
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Romney's jobs record a little shaky
Mitt Romney stood before a shuttered steel factory in Pennsylvania the other day, using the iconic backdrop to underscore what has become the most forceful theme of his presidential campaign: the need for more jobs.
"He has done everything wrong," Romney...Tags: Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities, Human Interest, Employment, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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Six Wal-Mart heirs are wealthier than U.S.' entire bottom 30%
Money & CompanyAs Americans fret over how to tax the rich and Occupy protesters rail against the 1%, new reports find that the definition of wealth is a tenuous one. According to analysis from labor economist Sylvia Allegreto with UC Berkeley, based on the most recent... -
Hunger and homelessness on the rise in U.S cities, mayors report
Nation NowAmericans are gearing up to spend billions of dollars for Christmas and other holiday gifts this year, a time when hunger, poverty and homelessness are all rising, according to Census data and surveys by city officials....
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