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Across The Nation, 'Wall Street' Protests Continue

The "Occupy Wall Street" protest movement that was born in New York's financial district is now in its fourth week and has spread to scores of other cities. The "Occupy Wall Street" affiliated protests...

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Cornel West, A Fighter, Angers Obama Supporters

Princeton University professor Cornel West has spent much of the past year battling with incensed Obama supporters from Al Sharpton to street demonstrators who resent his criticism of the...

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Herman Cain And The Politics Of Race

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Celebrity Lawyer Takes Spotlight In Cain Case

It seems like hardly a month goes by without seeing celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred on television. This week, Allred was in the news again, representing one of presidential candidate Herman Cain's...

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School Transforms Teens' Lives, One Pound At A Time

First of two stories, which are part of an ongoing series on obesity in America. The first part begins in August as students start their weight-loss journey at Wellspring Academy, a boarding school in...

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Dr. Conrad Murray Sentenced In King Of Pop's Death

Michael Jackson's personal physician has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the pop icon's death in 2009. Because of overcrowding in California's state prisons, Murray will serve...

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For Teens, Weight Loss Sculpts New Lives

Second of two stories, which are part of an ongoing series on obesity in America. The first part begins in August as students start their weight-loss journey at Wellspring Academy, a boarding school in...

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Connie Rice: Conscience Of The City

For years, civil rights attorney Constance Rice says, she would wake up every morning trying to figure out new ways to sue the Los Angeles Police Department into policing minority communities more...

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Whitney Houston, A 'Perfect Instrument,' Dies

On the eve of the 54th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, the conversation was all about Whitney Houston. The 48-year-old pop diva was discovered dead in her room at the Beverly Hilton Saturday afternoon....

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Data Reveals Complex Picture Of Hispanic Americans

Just over half of Americans of Spanish-speaking origin have no preference between the terms "Hispanic" and "Latino," according to new data from the Pew Hispanic Center.Of those with a preference, 33...

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Rodney King Comes To Grips With 'The Riot Within'

With a helicopter buzzing overhead, the videotape of Rodney King's encounter with police is so famous, you could say he was beaten into American history: The image of him writhing in pain as several...

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The L.A. Riots: Looking Back At A City Under Siege

Twenty years ago Sunday, Los Angeles erupted into destructive riots after the verdict in the Rodney King trial. The violence lasted six days and left more than 50 dead and over $1 billion in damage....

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Nailing The American Dream, With Polish

If you've had a manicure in California, odds are the person at the other end of the emery board was of Vietnamese heritage.Vietnamese immigrants now dominate California's nail-care industry — and make...

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A Trailblazing Black Architect Who Helped Shape L.A.

Paul Revere Williams began designing homes and commercial buildings in the early 1920s. By the time he died in 1980, he had created some 2,500 buildings, most of them in and around Los Angeles, but...

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At Bravo, A Pop-Culture Kingpin Works Day And Night

Andy Cohen has been yakking for most of his 44 years. He has a book titled Most Talkative— a title he earned in high school."My mouth has been my greatest asset and also my biggest Achilles' heel," he...

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Robert Crais: LA Is A 'Natural Canvas' For Nightmare

It's been a few decades, and many published books, but Robert Crais can tell you exactly when mystery writing first caught his attention: He was a bright 15-year-old living in Baton Rouge, La., when he...

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A Mohawk Hero In The Not-So-Diverse Gaming World

The Assassin's Creed video game series has become a megahit for gaming enthusiasts.

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Controversial Casting For A Nina Simone Biopic

The rumors that had been around for a couple of years have finally been confirmed: At long last, there's a film in the works about the turbulent life of Nina Simone, otherwise known as the "High...

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New Policy For Young Immigrants Creates Paperwork Deluge

In the six months since a new law opened a path to temporary legal status for some young immigrants in the U.S., more than 300,000 people have applied — and have rushed to request qualifying documents...

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'Living' In Color, Long Before 'Girls'

The second season of HBO's critically acclaimed series Girls begins Sunday night, but the show about 20-something girls navigating their social and work lives in New York has itself been criticized for...

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