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Hockey interest among minorities gaining speed, NHL says
When the Blackhawks take to the ice, Michelle Secor is dressed in her team paraphernalia and watches every face-off, power play and goal, she said. "I was born and raised on the South Side so I have to cheer for our home teams," Secor said as she took a...
Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, Social Issues, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Johnny Oduya, Chicago Bulls
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Mass same-sex wedding at Pride celebration 'a long time coming'
Lorie Young, her white veil neatly pulled over her eyes, tucked a handwritten note into the bouquet of blue and purple flowers she clutched as she waited for the ceremony to begin. Written on it were her wedding vows, the promises of a shared future...
Tags: Family, Druid Hill, Social Issues, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mount Vernon
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Minority organ donations don't match need
As a healthy black man, Torrey Green once recoiled at the thought of signing up as an organ donor when renewing his driver's license, saying he didn't want his body "defiled" after death. Now the Boca Raton teacher needs a new kidney, and similar...
Tags: Cooper City, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Boca Raton, Kidney Disease
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'Call Me Kuchu,' 'God Loves Uganda' shed light on gay-rights fight
As the same-sex marriage debate continues throughout the U.S., another front in the battle over gay rights has emerged thousands of miles away in the East African nation of Uganda, where in 2009 a bill was drafted that would impose the death penalty for...
Tags: Social Issues, Parliament, Movies, Africa, Religion and Belief
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Women wage national campaign against sexual assault
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)RALEIGH, N.C. In Chapel Hill, a college student gets a tattoo, a small "IX" Roman numeral on her ankle. On the West Coast, another "IX" is inked on another woman's ankle. The tattoos signify two women compatriots and friends coming together and...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Assault, Sexual Assault, Teaching and Learning, University of California, Berkeley
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On the Supreme Court's docket
Here are the top cases that the Supreme Court is expected to decide in the next two weeks: California's Proposition 8: Does the California ballot measure limiting marriage to a man and a woman deny same-sex couples their right to the equal protection of...
Tags: Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Corporate Crime, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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Galewood Crossings at a crossroad
When its sales office opened in 2006, Enclave at Galewood Crossings was touted as an upscale, gated community of almost 200 single-family and multifamily homes built on the largest undeveloped piece of land left within the city limits. Now Chicago...
Tags: Prosecution, Chicago Housing Authority, Social Issues, Homes, Galewood
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Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year's term, the justices may be about to close one...
Tags: Family, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, University of Texas at Austin, Teaching and Learning
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Iranians' desire for change fueled presidential upset
TEHRAN — The stunning landslide election of Hassan Rowhani as Iran's next president highlighted a deep frustration among many Iranians about the direction of their country, especially an economy marred by skyrocketing prices, stagnant salaries and...
Tags: Elections, Tehran (Iran), Labor Markets, Iran, Nuclear Policy
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Race, faith and honesty shape jury selection
The Miami HeraldSANFORD, Fla. One African American father bristled at media stories pushing "racial connotations" and civil rights leaders' "saber rattling" in the Trayvon Martin slaying. Another potential juror, a white, middle-aged, goateed musician, seemed impartial,...Tags: Criminal Laws, Family, Prosecution, The Miami Herald, North Miami
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Hassan Rowhani, cleric known as a pragmatist, wins Iran election
TEHRAN — Hassan Rowhani, who a week ago was viewed as a long-shot candidate, was declared Iran’s next president on Saturday after capturing more than half of the votes cast Friday in national elections. Rowhani, a 64-year-old cleric with a...
Tags: Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Elections, Tehran (Iran), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Rowhani appears headed to landslide win in Iran elections
TEHRAN — Hassan Rowhani, a cleric embraced by reformists and moderates as an alternative to the nation’s hard-line leadership, appeared headed toward a landslide victory Saturday in elections to succeed Iranian President Mahmoud...
Tags: Elections, Tehran (Iran), Avalanches and Landslides, Freedom of the Press, Mohsen Rezai
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