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Massachusetts: job creation up, unemployment down
May 23, 2012Perhaps the nation's most Democratic and liberal state, Massachusetts has experienced months of declining unemployment rates.
Read moreLatina moms in Chicago: “We’re done crying!”
May 23, 2012Except for one grandmother, the rest of the 20 or so women who patrol the streets around Davis Elementary School here every weekday are in their 20s and 30s.
Read moreVIDEO Depicted as gorilla, African American doctor sues UCLA for racism
May 23, 2012A respected African American faculty surgeon filed a racial discrimination suit against the UCLA Medical Center and UC Regents after they refused to take action on blatant acts of racism.
Read moreChicago activists protest Heartland Institute conference
May 23, 2012Over a dozen environmental activists gathered to protest the Heartland Institute, which put up ads comparing environmentalists to the Unabomber.
Read moreDrink coffee, live longer?
May 22, 2012Some positive science to report: drinking coffee keeps the Grim Reaper away-at lease for a while longer.
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