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President Obama Introduces Television Premiere of "Cosmos"

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On Sunday, President Barack Obama introduced the Fox television broadcast of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. President Obama screened Cosmos at the White House Student Film Festival, where he spoke about how NASA had reported it discovered 700…
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How the Farm Bill SNAP Cuts Will Affect Latinos

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President Obama, accompanied by Senator Debbie Stabenow and Secretary Of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, visited Michigan State University to sign a five-year, $956 billion farm bill into law. The compromise took almost three years to resolve and…
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Can a Coke Commercial Divide America?

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Maybe the marketing executives at Coca-Cola knew what they were getting into when they dreamed up this year’s Super Bowl commercial. The 60-second spot, which celebrates the diversity of America through music and imagery, has stirred up…

Hopes Dashed for the Family of Avonte Oquendo

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Despite a citywide effort to find him and bring him home, 14 year old Avonte Oquendo will not be rejoining his family. Medical examiners have confirmed that his DNA matches that of body parts found last week along the East River shoreline. Read…
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Seriously, Maria Conchita Alonso?

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Seriously, Maria Conchita Alonso? You appear in a recent TV ad for anti-immigration, Tea Party hardliner Tim Donnelly, a California Assemblyman. You’re holding a chihuahua (seriously?) and translating Donnelly’s words to the Spanish-speaking…
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7 Tips to Survive the Polar Vortex!

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“Polar vortex” is the buzzword this week, with much of the northern and mid-Atlantic United States gripped in extremely cold temperatures and several feet of snow. The polar vortex is actually a system of Arctic air that normally stays put…
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Monica Spear, Former Miss Venezuela Murdered on Vacation

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In an act of tragic and senseless violence, former Miss Venezuela, Monica Spear and her ex-husband were killed Monday night during an attempted robbery. The couple’s 5-year old daughter sustained non life-threatening injuries in the attack. Spear,…
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Marijuana Moms? They Exist & Demand Legalization

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“Mom, pass the bong will ya?” Most can’t imagine posing such a question to their moms. Ever. Some mothers, though, may not mind it so much. While most associate ‘Mom’ as the antithesis of all things marijuana related, there…
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How Affordable Care Act Affects Hispanics

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While the government may have shut down October 1st, our phone lines are ringing as people are calling us to get information about what the Affordable Care Act means for them. In each person’s voice there was an urgency that came through.…