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Black employees accuse US Marshals Service of denying promotions because of race
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Black employees of the U.S. Marshals Service filed a racial discrimination lawsuit Wednesday, saying they have been denied promotions by managers who belittled them as lazy. The suit in U.S. District Court seeks broad changes in job...Tags: Laws, Racism, Prosecution, Labor Legislation, Employees
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GOP incumbent in tight Miss. Senate race uses fake Village People in ad slamming Dem opponent
Associated Press WriterJACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ A tight race for Trent Lott's old U.S. Senate seat is getting nasty, with the Republican incumbent slamming his Democratic challenger in a television ad that uses actors dressed like the Village People to represent a gay rights...Tags: Regional Authority, Plant Openings, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Gays and Lesbians
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SunSentinel's Olmeda new president of journalists organization
SunSentinel.comRafael Olmeda, immediate past president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and a senior writer at the SunSentinel, has been elected president of UNITY: Journalists of Color Inc. Olmeda was chosen by UNITY's board of directors at its fall...Tags: National Government, Government, Florida International University, National or Ethnic Minorities
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BSO forms task force to fight hate crimes
SunSentinel.comThe Broward Sheriff's Office today announced the creation of a task force to combat hate crimes and a complementary organization to reach out to the county's diverse communities. "I have zero-tolerance for non-tolerance," said Sheriff Al Lamberti,...Tags: Laws, Broward County, Assault, Gays and Lesbians
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Senate ad depicts gays as Village People
The Swampby Frank James Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) has a new ad that accuses Democratic rival Ronnie Musgrove of getting support from, of all things, liberals. That alone is probably enough to hurt a Senate candidate in Mississippi. But the...... -
Obama, McCain: Jewish vote at stake
The Swampby Mark Silva COCONUT CREEK, Fla. - A Battle Royale is brewing in the sprawling retirement condo community of Wynmoor, where two 90-year-old women, Gertrude Weinberg and Vivian Becker, were hauled into the main office and told to stop posting......Tags: Rivers, Social Security, Wages and Pensions, Judaism, Sarah Silverman
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Ellen DeGeneres airs video against gay marriage ban
The Associated PressEllen DeGeneres has made a public service announcement urging California voters to oppose a ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage. DeGeneres married actress Portia de Rossi on Aug. 16, two months after the California Supreme Court ruling...Tags: Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Ellen DeGeneres, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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Debates drawing big TV audiences in Baltimore
Bishop Douglas I. Miles has lately been preaching a little something extra to his congregants at Koinonia Baptist Church in Northeast Baltimore - the gospel of tuning in to the presidential debates. His congregation listened - as did many others in the...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, John McCain, Hofstra University, Baptist, Coppin State University
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A 'Chocolate' perspective
The presidential candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama has already inspired several in-depth explorations of race, ranging from CNN's Black in America documentary in July to Ted Koppel's report The Last Lynching, which aired on Discovery Monday. Tonight on...Tags: Queen Latifah, David Letterman, Martin Short, Barack Obama, Maya Angelou
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Fight At Restaurant Leads To Intimidation Charge
A Massachusetts man is accused of taunting and fighting with a lesbian couple at a Connecticut restaurant, and police say he brought up last week's Connecticut Supreme Court ruling allowing gay marriages. Daniel Dabrowski, 26, of Boston, was...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Prosecution
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•11:30 a.m. — Fashion show and luncheon to benefit scholarship fund of the Suburban Women's Club of West Hartford. The Farmington Club. 162 Town Farm Road, Farmington. 860-521-2967. •12:15 p.m. — Discussion on gay, lesbian,...Tags: New London (New London, Connecticut), Scranton, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, West Hartford
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NY court hears challenge in gay marriages case
Associated Press WriterNew York's recent policy change granting health benefits to spouses of gay state workers was challenged Wednesday in a midlevel appeals court, where opponents said it was a fundamental change in social policy that only lawmakers can enact. "That may...Tags: Regional Authority, Laws, Labor Legislation, Gays and Lesbians, Eliot Spitzer
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