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Ebony magazine names Obama 'Person of the Year'
Tribune's The Swamp blogEbony magazine has chosen its first "Person of the Year.'' President-elect Barack Obama. If the election of the first African-American president does not stand out as a landmark event in the history of a magazine founded for African-American readers...Tags: Barack Obama, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Magazines, Newspaper and Magazine, National Government
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Stereotypes based on ignorance, bigotry
Ron Smith wrote an otherwise wonderful and warm commentary but ruined it with the statement that "all stereotypes are more or less true or they wouldn't endure" ("Holiday binds families, brings to mind blessings," Commentary, Nov. 26). So, I guess that...Tags: Chicken, Perry Hall, National or Ethnic Minorities, Foods and Beverages, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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French daredevil who climbed NY Times skyscraper pleads guilty to disorderly conduct
NEW YORK (AP) _ A French daredevil who climbed the outside of The New York Times' skyscraper has been sentenced to community service. Forty-five-year-old Alain Robert pleaded guilty Monday to disorderly conduct and was told to perform community service...Tags: Trials, September 11, 2001 Attacks, New York Times, Gays and Lesbians
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Civic leaders press Brewer to leave L.A. Unified
Key civic leaders have lost confidence in L.A. School Supt. David L. Brewer and are quietly pressing for him to leave his $300,000-a-year position as head of the nation's second-largest school system, The Times has learned.
The school board is expected...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Lobbying, Antonio Villaraigosa, Fires, Los Angeles Unified School District
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Despite Milk movie, gays still seek rights
Dianne Feinstein is not sure she'll ever be able to watch the movie Milk, even though she's in it. There is 1978 footage of a stricken Feinstein in the opening minutes of the new Gus Van Sant biopic of Harvey Milk, her colleague on the San Francisco...Tags: Barack Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, Harvey Milk, Dianne Feinstein, New York Times
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Equal rights for gays in committed relationships
In response to the "garriage" letter to the editor, I, as a gay man in a committed relationship, would gladly accept whatever word you want to call our relationship as long as we get the exact same rights that go with marriage: automatic right to a...Tags: Family, People, Retirement, Children, Gays and Lesbians
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Calendar of events
Forum Publishing GroupDecember Annual B'nai Aviv Holiday Boutique – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 3. Jewelry, crafts, clothes, toys, home decor, personalized items. Call 954-384-6605 or visit www.bnai aviv.org. Weston Christian Academy Winter Wonderland Festival – 5 to...Tags: Symphony of the Americas, Marathon, 5K Run, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Dining and Drinking
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Foo Fighters food fight
Reality CheckIt's the night before Thanksgiving, and I'm watching Top Chef by myself this week. (Mary went home for T-Day. She'll pitch in later.)I've been looking forward to this episode since last week's teaser. This week's episode gets an A --......Tags: Thanksgiving, Long Island, Bacon, Judges, James Beard
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China shifts gears on AIDS
Associated PressChinese health authorities and the U.N. AIDS agency pledged to fight discrimination against people with the disease in China with the unveiling of a huge red ribbon yesterday, the symbol of AIDS awareness, at the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing....Tags: Health Organizations, Epidemics and Plagues, Diseases, Health Treatments, Wen Jiabao
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Viewpoint: Gay adoption — the real agenda
On Nov. 4, Arkansas voters approved a ban on adoption by unmarried couples. The purpose of the ballot measure, according to the Family Council Action Committee, was "to blunt a homosexual agenda that's at work in other states and that will be at work in...Tags: Judges, Laws, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Adoption
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African heritage and an American dream
Barack Obama is often viewed as a singular sensation: a disaffected teen with no family wealth or connections who went on to become president of the Harvard Law Review, a U.S. senator and the first black president of the United States. But if the...Tags: Barack Obama, Evanston, Colleges and Universities, Demographics, University of Illinois at Chicago
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