Blacks progress but equality remains distant in Urban League report
The National Urban League says blacks have advanced in jobs home ownership and politics yet gaps with whites persist across vital signs. Unemployment fell in the 1990s but remains over twice that of whites. homeownership and professional representation remain low. AIDS impact high. The report cites seven essays and notes the release at a Washington news conference.
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Urban League
Hugh Price
America
Bernard Anderson
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School
Certified Public Accountants
Theresa Young
Accounting
Boston College
Cpas
Joint
Center For Political and Economic Studies
Rep
J.C. Watts
Oklahoma
Congress
GOP
United States
Maya Rockeymoore
Institute For Opportunity and Equality
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Rockeymoore
Washington
Prosecutors review death penalty in Samantha Runnion case
Stanton California AP reporting prosecutors consider seeking the death penalty for Alejandro Avila 27 in the kidnap and murder of 5 year old Samantha Runnion. District Attorney Tony Rackackaus to meet with family and Avila's lawyers before deciding under California law permitting death for certain murder cases.
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Rackackaus
California
Ridge calls for study on law enforcement
Homeland security chief Tom Ridge urges Congress to review the Posse Comitatus law banning military arrests on U S soil while noting a discussion of military assets for crisis events. President Bush backs review and two Democratic senators express openness to study without arming the military for arrests.
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Washington
Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
Bush
Congress
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Navy
Air Force
Marines
U.S
Coast Guard
National Guard
Levin
D-Mich
CNN
Taiwan President Warns China of Possible Taiwan Road
Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian urged Beijing to meet for talks to ease the split since 1949 and warned Taiwan might walk down its own road toward independence if no progress is made. He spoke during a Democratic Progressive Party convention and pressed for dialogue without preconditions.
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Taiwan
Beijing
Chen Shui-bian
Taiwan Strait
Chen
China
United States
Washington
Democratic Progressive Party
Pyramid State Park: Illinois Largest Park Expands Offerings
Pyramid State Park south of Pinckneyville grows with 19 500 acres and more than 162 miles of trails. Hunting includes turkey and deer with waterfowl and upland game added. a major Brittany field trial event is planned for spring. Attendance rose from 9 000 to 38 000 monthly after expansion.
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Pinckneyville
Illinois
Phillips
Arch of Illinois
Pyramid State Park
Pyatt Blacktop
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