Student in yearbook identified only as 'Black Girl'

All the White students are identified by name in a photograph of the Waxahachie High School National Honor Society. The teen identified as "Black Girl" is the only Black student in the photo. Whats your opinion on this?

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Geography Test - How well do you know the United States?!

Wait for the state name and quickly click on the location! The faster you answer / find the location, the more points you get! What do YOU score at??

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U.S. and Venezuela at Odds: Seized Cargo Is Just the Half of It

Government officials from the United States and this country are intensifying their verbal sparring after Venezuelan customs authorities this week seized diplomatic baggage from the United States that contained military hardware. Venezuela's attorney general began an investigation on Friday into whether the American Embassy violated the law.

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Charge your laptops and cellphones by walking

It could provide a renewable energy source to power office lighting or laptops - and it may be possible to recharge your mobile phone by walking to the photocopier.

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Verizon drops DSL surcharge

Verizon Communications said Wednesday that it has dropped plans to impose a supplier surcharge on its DSL service after hearing complaints from customers.

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No Price Cuts For Verizon & BellSouth DSL Customers

Verizon Communications' and BellSouth's DSL customers won't see a reduction in their broadband bills, even though a special fee that had been tacked on to bills to pay for a federal program has been eliminated.

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Time Warner Could Drop AOL

"To sell off AOL, says Variety, Time Warner could give its CEO spot to Chief Operating Officer Jeff Bewkes (who's reportedly open to dropping AOL, Time Warner Cable, and the publishing division." If they don't drop it, it will only hold them back.

How hard its gonna be for Time Warner to cancel AOL?
How much Time Warner could get for the sinking AOL?
Is AOL is sinking like an anchor?.

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AT&T Plans $8 Billion Backbone Upgrade to 40Gbit/second

"AT&T Senior Vice President and CTO John Stankey announced the 40Gbit.sec upgrade, which will quadruple the backbone's current bandwidth, during a keynote address at this week's Globalcomm 2006 conference in Chicago."

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Sony Releases Spanish Laptops in the U.S.!

Sony has a new vaio designed specifically for Spanish speakers -- but they are releasing it in the US. Tells you something about how the US market is changing.

This makes sense .. as 10.7% of the population speaks Spanish (as their first language) http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html

Sony can take part of their product line, the one sold in Spain and ship it to the States without any loss .. both the Spanish and the English model is assembled in China anyway. The ONLY cost is: putting a different power supply plug in the box of the machines shipped to the States..

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Latino Immigrants in Spain Make the Language "Nicer"

Unlike in our own country [USA], Latino immigration is not the scapegoat of choice for the Spanish government.The immigrants Spain is concerned about reach its shores in makeshift rafts, dying of thirst and exhaustion. In an interesting twist, Latinos are considered a more "desireable" immigrant group in Spain.

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The Poverty of Philosophy by Immortal Technique

You cannot change the past, but you can make the future! NYC rapper Immortal Technique breaks down his opinion on poverty.

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Don't Let Your Rights Disappear!, Urges Latino Leader

Immigration, war and human rights were the topics of the night Saturday at the American Friends Service Committee's annual dinner. Featured Juan J. Gutierrez, National Coordinator of Latino Movement USA. "The citizens of America need to get activated politically so we can save our democracy,These rights are being eroded as we speak"

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What complex reasons Draws People To America?

We all know that there has always been immigration into the United States. But in recent decades, the immigration has intensified, much of it illegal. Why? The problem is complex, but I will explore some of its causes.

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Latino Group Criticizes Border Cameras

A Latino advocacy group this week said Gov. Rick Perry "as plan to allow the public to patrol the border online for illegal activity is a waste of tax money and could encourage civil rights violations."

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Latino JROTC Cadets Resign to Protest Border Militarization

Latino Cadets Publicly Resign From JROTC in Protest to U.S. Troops Being Deployed to U.S.-Mexico Border. Reject current law for troop deployment and demand an immediate demilitarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border.

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Black, Latino Students See Schools as Rough

Youths more likely to label drug abuse, fighting, truancy and weapons as problems than their white counterparts, poll shows

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Latinos Start to Come Together Politically

Seventeen-year-old Paulo V., an undocumented Brazilian student who marched at an immigrant rally in Boston three months ago, was among the Latinos who saw hope in those words. "This was the determining point," says Paulo. Before the marches, "I didn't know anything about the topic. But after, I understood how much I could be a part of it."

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The hazards of driving while black or Latino

the evidence --A recent report on traffic stops provides exactly what is needed to alter police attitudes."Even accounting for all other variables, minorities are disproportionately targeted for the crime of DWB (driving while black, or brown)."

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Why All The "FRACKEM" in Battlestar Galactica?

Answer: The F-Bomb Now Costs $325,000 To Say On The Airwaves. The Federal Government just increased the price for saying the f-word on TV or radio to $325,000 in the U.S. this year. What happen to free speech?


I could say "Monetize on-demand dynamic complex processes" in the right context and have it censored. Just don't let it catch on or they will fine that word too.

What's the difference between Starbuck saying "Frackem" and 'Fuck them", if it's used in the same context?