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  • Judge resigns from Trinidad case

    Judge resigns from Trinidad case

    April 6, 2007

    Colombian left-wing leader Ricardo Palmera, also known as Simon Trinidad, was about to go on trial in Washington, D.C., for supporting terrorism and conspiring to take hostages, when on March 26 Judge Thomas Hogan unexpectedly removed...

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  • Black, Latino drivers more likely to be stopped in Texas

    Black, Latino drivers more likely to be stopped in Texas

    April 6, 2007

    While a new study released this month notes some improvements, African Americans and Latinos are still more likely than Anglos to be targets of traffic stops and searches in Texas. The report, issued by the Texas...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    April 6, 2007

    SAN ANTONIO: 20,000 honor César Chávez Electrical workers, post office employees, firefighters and bus drivers locked arms with the League of United Latin American Citizens, immigrant rights activists and civil rights activists in a sea of...

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  • Calif. Legislature puts health care on agenda

    Calif. Legislature puts health care on agenda

    April 6, 2007

    OAKLAND, Calif. — With Californians more likely to be uninsured than people in 45 other states, it’s no surprise that poll figures show 81 percent of voters think the government should guarantee that all residents can...

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  • Gonzales headed out?

    Gonzales headed out?

    April 6, 2007

    A timeline of the U.S. attorney scandal • In December 2006, eight U.S. attorneys were fired by the Justice Department without any explanation. It later emerged that the fired federal prosecutors were engaged in corruption investigations...

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