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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Census: Integration of U.S. cities slows

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Residential segregation, especially for blacks, persists in America and may be solidifying, U.S. Census Bureau figures show. The newly released 2005-2009 data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey was analyzed by sociologists John Logan of Brown University... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Judge strikes down healthcare provision

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Richmond, Va., ruled Monday a key part of the federal healthcare law is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson ruled a provision of the law forcing all Americans to have at least minimum healthcare insurance, or face a fine, exceeded... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 13, 2010

Emanuel residency may soon be determined

CHICAGO, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Paperwork to establish Rahm Emanuel as an Illinois resident in his effort to become mayor of Chicago is complicating the process, officials said. Emanuel's lawyers filed hundreds of pages of documents ahead of a hearing Monday to prove he meets residency requirements to run... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

First Kosovo national election under way

PRISTINA, Kosovo, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The first national election in Kosovo began Sunday under the scrutiny of more than 32,000 international observers, Serbian media reported. The election in the country that broke away from Serbia in 2008 after the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s has... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Climate change to get $100B

CANCUN, Mexico, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.N. talks in Mexico on curbing global warming resulted in a $100 billion projected tab but no definitive implementation, the BBC said Saturday. The international talks that concluded Friday in Cancun resulted in an agreement to raise and pay out $100 billion through... Sign in to see full entry.

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