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Entries for April, 2012 in Demographics & Dockets
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Employee Fired After Donating Kidney to Her Boss
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
Were you fired from your job after going above and beyond? Well, a New York Long Island woman said she definitely was. Debbie Stevens, 47, said she was fired after she donated a kidney to help save the life of ...
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Campus diversity suffers under race-blind policies, Supreme Court set to re-visit issue
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
Fifteen years after California voters decided to eliminate race and ethnicity as considerable factors in university admissions, many of the state’s selective public colleges and graduate schools have struggled to assemble diverse student bodies. California was the first state to ...
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Brother-sister couple fail in fight against anti-incest laws
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
Incest in Germany will remain illegal, according to a decision handed down by The European Court of Human Rights. MSN reports the decision was upheld after a German brother-sister couple argued that their home country had no right to penalize ...
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My Reporter Notebook-- Looking for sources...Do you consider yourself to be Hispanic?
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
Hello. The following are a list of stories that I have on my agenda for the rest of this week and next week: 1..I had the opportunity to tour the Adams Extract & Spice factory and interview some key members ...
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By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
ATTENTION CROSSROADS RESIDENTS : The special prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin case will announce criminal charges against George Zimmerman on Wednesday. However, the nature of the charges are not yet known. The Victoria Advocate is working on a story about ...
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Woman faked cancer for lavish wedding ceremony
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
Your text to link...Most little girls grow up dreaming of the day when they will be able to have their dream, Cinderella wedding. In today's Kim Kardashian society has bought into this idea as seen through a growing number of ...
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University implements student dress code
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
Did your university have a dress code? According to the Associated Press, the Board of Trustees of one of my alma maters, Florida A&M University, just passed a mandatory campus dress code. Florida A&M (FAMU) students who show up to ...
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Traffic lanes, Bicycle lanes and now texting lanes for the digitally distracted
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
We’ve all heard of traffic lanes and bicycle lanes, but one city government is now discussing the possibility of “texting lanes.” The technical name for these sidewalk lanes for the digitally distracted is actually "e-lanes". On April Fools’ Day, City ...
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By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
If you are reading this blog, I think it is safe to say you probably didn’t win the Mega Millions lotto last Friday. Sad, I know. I had a dollar and a dream too. Unfortunately, for the woman claiming to ...