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Stepfamilies To Uncle Sam: Learn To Count!

Wednesday Martin | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

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Wednesday Martin

We're hearing a lot about the new U.S. Census these days and many might wonder what, precisely, is at stake. For stepfamilies, the answer is: quite a bit.

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Wiping Blood Off White Buck Shoes

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

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Leo W. Gerard

In New York, the oldest and snobbiest financial ventures are called "white shoe" firms. Their arrogance, risky investments and confounding dealing in derivatives threw the rest of us into the Great Recession.

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Republicans Push Immigration Measure To Take Focus Off Health Care

McClatchy | William Douglas | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Immigration, an issue placed on the congressional backburner by attempts to revamp the nation's health care system, is percolating again as Republican...

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Two Wands

Gov. Dick Lamm | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

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Gov. Dick Lamm

I suggest that those groups whose culture and values stress delayed gratification -- education, hard work, success, and ambition -- are those groups that succeed, regardless of discrimination.

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A Town Hall Meeting, New York Style

David Vines | Posted 09.07.2009 | New York

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David Vines

It's unfortunate but generally true that most people, even the most informed political junkies, do not know who their state senator is.

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2010 U.S. Census? Count me in to Bring Home the Money, Honey

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago

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Esther J. Cepeda

An unintended consequence of the national war on illegal immigration is that a historically fractured community can come together as a cohesive group to enact change for itself.

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Population up 2.7 million this year

AP | Posted 01.29.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — My, how the country has grown. The United States will enter 2009 with 305,529,237 residents, the Census Bureau estimated on Monday...

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White Americans no longer a majority by 2042

AP | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON - White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2042, according to new government projections. That's eight years sooner t...

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Sam Stein

GOP Looks To Redistrict Itself Back Into Power

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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For months, a sense of dread has been percolating within Republican circles over potentially massive congressional losses in 2008. Facing the possibil...

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