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Latinos…a hacerse la prueba de VIH
South Florida Sun-SentinelPuede que el sida siga siendo un tema tabú entre los hispanos, pero la realidad es que está más presente en esta comunidad de lo que se cree. Por ello hoy sábado 15 de octubre en el que se celebra el Día Nacional Latino para Concientización sobre el...Tags: Wilton Manors, Politics, Social Issues, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), National or Ethnic Minorities
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Tamales, L.A.'s original street food
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSouthern California's latest foodie trend has the region atwitter. Lines form long into the night at the latest hot spot for edible treasures, while wily entrepreneurs outdo each other by parking at the best spots. But not everyone is happy. Brick-and-...Tags: Rentals, Clubs and Associations, Bars and Clubs, African Americans, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Lives depend on more blacks becoming bone marrow donors
That day when Yvonne Lawrence glanced into the crib she immediately knew something was wrong.
Babies aren't supposed to be blue.
What she soon would learn at the hospital is that her 3-month-old son was cursed with sickle-cell anemia. The inherited...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Blood Cells, African Americans, Physical Conditions, Bones and Joints
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Florida ranks in top 10 of states with high diabetes rates
![One in 10 Floridians has diabetes, a "disturbing" trend revealed in the nation's fat report last week. Though Florida ranks as the 29th-most-obese state in the country, the Sunshine State is No. 10 for diabetes. It's a distinction that comes with a hefty price tag.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63225627-13200817.jpg "One in 10 Floridians has diabetes, a "disturbing\" trend revealed in the nation's fat report last week. Though Florida ranks as the 29th-most-obese state in the country, the Sunshine State is No. 10 for diabetes. It's a distinction that comes with a hefty price tag.")
One in 10 Floridians has diabetes, a "disturbing" trend revealed in the nation's fat report last week. Though Florida ranks as the 29th-most-obese state in the country, the Sunshine State is No. 10 for diabetes. It's a distinction that comes with a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Maine, Physical Conditions, Minority Groups, Diabetes
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Newton: The impact of the 'parent trigger'
This is what the revolution looks like: It's a rally in Lynwood where parents demand the right to exercise their power to shape their children's future; it's a dozen residents in a South-Central apartment gathering to compare notes on the failing...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Academic Progress, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Los Angeles Unified School District
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White and mixed-race youths rank high in alcohol, substance abuse
The first-ever survey of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse to recognize youths of mixed race or ethnicity has found that such kids hover closest to white adolescents in the rate at which they suffer substance abuse disorders. That is not reassuring,...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues, African Americans, Native Americans, Recreational Substance Use
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Suspicion in Mexico's Sinaloa cartel
Last of four parts
Reporting from Calexico, Calif., and Badiraguato, Mexico
The towering iron gates opened onto a palm-lined driveway that led past the family church, a twisting water slide and two man-made lakes, one stocked with fish, the other with...Tags: Court Preliminary, Homes, Trials, New York, Criminals
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Op-Ed: Gay history is everyone's history
I was quite surprised to read not one but two columnists attack a new law, the FAIR Education Act, just signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. I usually find both columnists quite interesting and agree with most of their viewpoints, especially Dan Kimber's...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., African Americans, Martina Navratilova, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups
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Mail Call - Oct. 26
“In regards to the Washington County citizen, about the elementary school lunches, my daughter’s in fourth grade and she doesn’t eat lunch until 12:45, and they go home at (2:20) just like your child does. I feel that it is ridiculous...Tags: Livestock Farming, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Tea Party Movement, Career and Workplace, George W. Bush
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The remnants of Riverview
When Russ Hencinski looks out of his classroom window at Lane Tech High School, the science and astronomy teacher sees a strip mall with a Jewel-Osco grocery store and other smaller shops.
But in his mind's eye, Hencinski can conjure up an image of the...Tags: North Center, Transportation, African Americans, Dining and Drinking, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Dream Act opposition fueled by anti-Latino racism
I am a Latino immigrant to the U.S. My father brought us here with a sixth grade education. I am my family's first college graduate, and both of my daughters have master's degrees. I am appalled at the move to abolish the Maryland Dream Act. Despite...Tags: Racism, Maryland, Politics, Education, Justice and Rights
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Prostitution is not a victimless crime
I read with sadness the editorial "A house of ill repute" (July 28 ) about a house on Bel Air Road in Fullerton. It shattered the notion that prostitution is a victimless crime — these women were trafficked slaves, far from home and anyone who saw...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Social Issues, Minority Groups, Prostitution
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