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Around South Florida with Elgin Jones 03-15-12
EJones@SFLTimes.com BLACK MALES A program intended to attract black males to the teaching profession has been praised by Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby and others. It …
Group aims to save historic black newspaper building
ATLANTA (AP) _ A group of historic preservationists has formed to try and stop the demolition of the building that housed Atlanta's oldest black newspaper. …
Questions Surface In Fla. teen’s shooting death
SANFORD, Fla. _ The police chief of the agency investigating the shooting death of an unarmed teen by a neighborhood watch leader in central Florida …
Legislature passes Health Dept. reorganization
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida lawmakers have approved a reorganization of the state Department of Health that includes shuttering the state's only tuberculosis hospital.
Fla. files federal court case on redistricting
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The Florida Legislature has filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., just in case the Justice Department rejects its redistricting plans.
Obama: Afghan shooting is ‘heartbreaking’
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama is calling the alleged slaying of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier “absolutely tragic and heartbreaking'' and said …
Justice Dept opposes a 2nd voter ID law, in Texas
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A photo ID requirement for voters in Texas could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of registered Hispanics, the Justice Department declared Monday in …
Florida pastor challenges Romney to ‘denounce his racist Mormon religion’
POMPANO BEACH — South Florida pastor the Rev. O’Neal Dozier called on Gov. Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate, to renounce the Church of Jesus Christ of …
Obama strikes back at critics on gas prices
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama is hitting back at Republican criticism of his energy policies and his role in controlling gasoline prices. Obama used …