FLORIDA DEMS ANNOUNCE CEASE-FIRE INITIATIVE WITH SEN. OSCAR BRAYNON, REP. SHEVRIN JONES
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Miami sues JP Morgan over bias, foreclosures
MIAMI (AP) – The city of Miami claims in a new lawsuit that JP Morgan Chase engaged in discriminatory lending practices for years that worsened …
Creating a nonprofit/private/public partnership that works for everyone
Part one of a three-part series on private/public partnerships Private/public partnerships are promoted as a collaborative way to bring people and resources together across sectors. …
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GM CEO Wagoner to step down at White House request
DETROIT (AP) _ General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will step down immediately at the request of the White House, and new directors …
Homicide drops in some U.S. cities
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Killings dropped by a third here last year, making Wisconsin’s largest city among the nation’s most successful in tackling its 2008 murder …
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GOVERNORS STRESS HOME QUARANTINE FOR EBOLA WORKERS
BY FRANK ELTMAN NEW YORK (AP) – State leaders in New York and New Jersey are at odds with scientists over Ebola as the states’ …
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY RAMPS UP AFRICA EBOLA AID
BY RODNEY MUHUMUZA AND SARAH DILORENZO ACCRA, Ghana (AP) – German Capt. Mattias Reichenbach has loaded protective gear, blankets, mosquito nets, soap and other cargo …
COULD MORE HAVE BEEN DONE FOR THOMAS ERIC DUNCAN?
BY EMILY SCHMALL, RAY HENRY AND WILL WEISSERT DALLAS (AP) – When Thomas Eric Duncan became the first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States, …
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Catholic high school students show support for gay teacher
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Students from an Omaha Catholic high school have used an annual fundraiser to show support for a gay teacher whose contract …
University study involving hamsters and steroids criticized
BOSTON (AP) _ Animal rights activists say Northeastern University lab researchers are pitting steroid-injected hamsters against undrugged ones to study aggression. In a complaint released …
USD’s Nepalese students money for victims of Earthquake
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) _ A group of students from Nepal at the University of South Dakota is raising money for victims of the recent earthquake …
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Miami Heat get physical
Associated Press MIAMI — Dwyane Wade was bleeding after taking a smack in the head from Tyler Hansbrough, who became the target of a retaliatory …
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OLYMPICS Singleton-Pistorius showdown DALLAS — Jerome Singleton is all for fellow Paralympian Oscar Pistorius running against able-bodied athletes at the London Olympics.
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Anthony, Knicks shoot back NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony made the big shots at the end. Amare Stoudemire provided a spark right from the start.