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The 2010 Census shows that Arkansas' Hispanic population has leaped 114.2 percent compared with 2000. It now comprises 6.4 percent of the state's popu...
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More Banks Getting Into Overdrafts for the First Time Than Getting Out
LAKE BLUFF, Ill. -- Almost half of U.S. banks and credit unions - some 44 per...
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A few sports-related issues await the general membership of the Maine Principals Association as it holds its annual spring conference Thursday and Friday at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.
Among issues likely to be discussed are the results of a survey of MPA members concerning the 50 percent rule as it relates to qualifying teams for postseason play for sports governed by the Heal point ratings, as well as the rule limiting teams statewide to five noncountable dates for exhibition games, holiday tournaments and other scrimmages each season.
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Moyers to speak at OCUThe Distinguished Speakers Series at Oklahoma City University will feature journalist Bill Moyers at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Henry J. Freede Wellness and Activity Center.The lecture is free to the public.His presentation is titled "The Truth of Your Life." Moyers will talk about his career as a journalist for public television and producer of several documentaries. He will also discuss issues affecting journalism and public media.Moyers is working on a new series called Moyers & Company for American Public Television. The show features interviews with experts on topics ranging from politics to religion.Born in Hugo in 1934, he served as press secretary to Lyndon Johnson.
OKC ranked 15th-strongest metro areaOklahoma City was ranked 15th in the Top 20 Strongest Metr...
...30 increased 1.8 percent for company drive-ins and 0.5 percent for the syst...
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Clark County wages are moving upward at a rate slightly less than state and national averages.
According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the county's average weekly wage in the first quarter of this year was $675. That's an increase of 2.1 percent from the first quarter of 2004 and ranks the county 141st for percentage change among the nation's 322 largest counties.
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It's now clear the FCC recognizes the tremendous impact this merger will have on American society," says Stanley E. Washington, NCAAOM President & CEO. "For decades Comcast has shut the door to African American ownership of channels. The stakes are extremely high and we are going to hold everyone accountable, especially the pension funds that have investments in Comcast. As far as we are concerned, those pension funds are supporting apartheid right here in America.
Although Comcast has 250 + channels on its platform distributed to approximately 25 million homes, there are no channels which are 100 percent African American Owned. In a letter to Comcast chair, Brian Roberts, Willis Edwards, a senior official of the NAACP Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch and a member of the organizatio...
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To: RETAILING EDITORS
Contact: C. Matt Fields of Consumer Reports, +1-914-378-2454, cfields@consumer.org; or Lisa Bruno, +1-212-300-2407, lbruno@catalystpublicrelations.com, for Consumer Reports
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HAVANA - Cuba announced Monday it will cast off at least half a million state workers by early next year and reduce restrictions on private enterprise to help them find new jobs - the most dramatic step yet in President Raul Castro's push to radically remake employment on the communist-run island.
Castro suggested during a nationally televised address on Easter Sunday that as many as 1 million Cuban workers - about one in five - may be redundant. But the government had not previously laid out specific plans to slash its work force, and the speed and scope of the coming cutbacks were astounding.