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Salt Lake City has highest rate of same-sex couples raising kids
Salt Lake City: the gay parenting capital of the United States? Unexpected as it may sound, a new study finds that the Utah capital and its outskirts have the nation's highest percentage of gay or lesbian couples raising children. Among couples of the...
Tags: Robin Williams, Same-Sex Marriage, Science and Technology, Marriage, Medical Research
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L.A. elections may be decided by older, white voters, poll shows
Tuesday's elections will sweep in new leadership for Los Angeles' 3.8 million residents, but the races are likely to be decided by an older, whiter and more educated fraction of the city's population. Latinos, the city's dominant ethnic group and a...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Demographics, Politics, Linthicum, Polls
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The Week Ahead: Myanmar mends, Africa ascends, cinema celebrates
Architect of exiting autocracy invited to the White House Monday, May 20 -- Myanmar President Thein Sein’s visit to Washington symbolically celebrates his nation’s embrace of democracy and the rule of law after half a century of...
Tags: Politics, Aung San Suu Kyi, Thein Sein, Christoph Waltz, Life of Pi (movie)
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Abercrombie CEO tries to stem backlash
After days of silence during which long-held resentment toward Abercrombie & Fitch Co. began to boil over, Chief Executive Michael S. Jeffries tried to stem a backlash against the teen-focused retailer. Jeffries, in a statement Thursday, discussed...
Tags: Consumers, Politics, Freedom of the Press, Target
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Garcetti's lead over Greuel at 7 percentage points in mayoral race
Eric Garcetti's lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race has narrowed to seven percentage points, but his strength among conservatives has blocked rival Wendy Greuel from securing a San Fernando Valley base that is vital to her chances, according to a new USC...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Politics, Maxine Waters, Antonio Villaraigosa, Advertising
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Villaraigosa denounces two attack ads in mayoral campaign
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa waded into the increasingly negative campaign for mayor, calling for the removal of two ads that attack mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel but were not created by either candidate's campaign....Tags: Joe Arpaio, Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Attack ads in L.A. mayor's race seek Latino votes
The importance of Latinos in next week's mayoral election was highlighted again Wednesday as a new round of dueling attacks ads emerged seeking to undermine both candidates' appeal to Spanish-speaking voters. In one spot appearing on Spanish-language...
Tags: Voting, Wendy Greuel, Politics, Government, Local Elections
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Labor group won't back away from campaign mailer
The most powerful labor organization in Los Angeles refused Friday to back away from a campaign mailer in which it urges voters to support Wendy Greuel for mayor because she "will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour." Even though Greuel has said she...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa, Crime, Law and Justice, Illegal Immigrants
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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Rights, Politics, Mexico City, Crime, Law and Justice
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Kennedy Center changes Honors process after Latino groups' outcry
After saluting just two Latino performers in 35 years with its Kennedy Center Honors awards, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts says it has revised the selection process to be more inclusive. The changes were announced Thursday in a news...
Tags: Human Interest, Artists, Arts, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, George Stevens
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Obama uses 2012 campaign tactics to sell healthcare law
WASHINGTON — Seeking to ensure his landmark healthcare law is successfully implemented, President Obama is reprising his 2012 election strategy in hopes of enrolling millions of uninsured Americans in health plans this fall. The new campaign,...
Tags: Laws, Mother's Day, Politics, Univision (tv network), Barack Obama
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Suit accuses Compton school district of abuse, racial profiling
A group of parents and students have filed a federal lawsuit against the Compton school district alleging a pattern of abuse and racial profiling of Latinos by school police. One family alleged that school police targeted a student's father for arrest...
Tags: Laws, Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Witnesses
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