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Ark. children who drank windshield fluid are OK

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Officials in Arkansas say all 10 children who drank windshield wiper fluid last week at a home day care center are out of the hospital and doing fine.

Obama plans small-business lending boost

WASHINGTON — Seeking to counter a chorus of unhappy Republicans and nervous Wall Street investors, President Barack Obama and his economic team are taking a cheerier tone while making billions in federal loans available to the nation's struggling sm

Bankruptcy possibility looms for Six Flags

NEW YORK — Shares of Six Flags Inc. are lower Friday on growing speculation that the theme park operator may be forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after the company said it couldn't meet a looming financing obligation.

Top pediatric doctor at Boston hospital dies at 55

BOSTON — Dr. Michael Shannon, an internationally known specialist in the study and treatment of the effects of poisons in children, died unexpectedly Tuesday as he and his wife returned from a dancing vacation in Argentina.

Judge moves racially charged East Texas trial

PARIS, Texas — A state district judge granted a change of venue motion Thursday that will move the trials of two white men accused in the death of a Black man who authorities said was run over and dragged by a pickup truck.

Judge keeps Vegas Strip nightclub lawsuit alive

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas Strip casino and shopping mall lost a bid Thursday to throw out a hip hop nightclub’s lawsuit alleging it is being discriminated against because most of its patrons are Black.

Michelle Obama tours, mingles at N.C. Army base

FORT BRAGG, N.C.— Michelle Obama is meeting with soldiers and their families at a North Carolina Army base as she ventures from Washington to begin defining her role as first lady.

Job losses continue to soar, Blacks at 13.4 percent

WASHINGTON–“Astounding” is how President Obama, speaking March 6 in Columbus, Ohio, characterized the nation's new unemployment figures - a staggering 8.1 percent, the highest since 1983 as employers pick up the pace of layoffs.

National drug arrests skewed by race

Blacks have been arrested nationwide on drug charges at higher rates than whites for nearly three decades, even though they engage in drug offenses at comparable rates, Human Rights Watch said in a recent report.

Court refuses to expand minority voting rights

WASHINGTON–The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a part of the Voting Rights Act aimed at helping minorities elect their preferred candidates only applies in electoral districts where minorities make up more than half the population.
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