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McCain backs ban on affirmative action in Arizona
CHICAGO - Presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday endorsed a proposal to ban affirmative action programs in his home state, a policy that Democratic rival Barack Obama called a disappointing embrace of divisive tactics.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 African-American Slavery Source:(AP)
2008-07-27
Park Service seeks to reach changing population
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. - She'd spent a lifetime less than an hour's drive away, but it had never crossed Joquetta Johnson's mind to visit Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. What, she wondered when a friend suggested it, could a park in rural, lily-white West Virginia hold for a black teacher from Baltimore?
Nations:U.S. People:Steve Irwin Source:(AP)
2008-07-07
CDC: About 8 percent of Americans have diabetes
ATLANTA - The number of Americans with diabetes has grown to about 24 million people, or roughly 8 percent of the U.S. population, the government said Tuesday.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-06-24
Judge seeks end to 12-year suit over Indian money
It has been 12 years since a group of American Indians sued the government, saying Washington had cheated them out of profits from land royalties since 1887. On Monday, a federal judge plans to begin hearings to determine how much he thinks the government should pay the Native Americans.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Source:(AP)
2008-06-08
Obama, Clinton woo American Indian voters
The purification ceremony isn't an everyday ritual of U.S. presidential politics.
Nations:U.S. People:Tim Johnson Conrad Burns Barack Obama John McCain Tom Daschle Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-06-02
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