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Nikki Haley, whose parents emigrated from India, counters that voter ID effort has nothing to do with race

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Civil rights leaders bothered by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's stance on issues like requiring voters to show their IDs at the polls are reminding the governor that she is a minority, too.

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Test marks first results from the use of embryonic stem cells in humans

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Scientists are reporting hints that embryonic stem cells can ease blindness in some people.
It's the first results from the use of embryonic stem cells in humans.


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Affirmative action foes cite study in Supreme Court bid

 An unpublished study by Duke University researchers that says black students are more likely to switch to less difficult majors has upset some students, who say the research is emblematic of more entrenched racial problems.


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On the King holiday, Black Farmers take Action in Tennessee and South Caroline joining the Occupy Memphis movement and filing claims in Durham.


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Millionaires, taxes, oil and race in the debates

GOP Candidates: A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway 


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Petition seeks answers in death of Robert Champion Jr.

The parents of Robert Champion Jr. want answers. Was his death a hazing or a hate crime because he was gay?


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The shameful history of political racebaiting

GOP presidential contenders are offending Blacks across the country with racial rhetoric and biased stereotypes. It's nothing new.  Political racebaiting has a long history.


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With the CIA's help, the NYPD developed spying programs and built databases on where innocent Muslims eat, shop, work and pray

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA's top lawyer never approved sending a veteran agency officer to New York, where he helped set up police spying programs, The Associated Press has learned. Such approval would have been required under the presidential order that Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said authorized the unusual assignment.


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Iowa Republican Chairman Matt Strawn had announced hours after the Jan. 3 caucuses concluded that Romney had won by eight votes

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It took Iowa Republicans 16 days to decide they couldn't tell for sure who won the Iowa caucuses, despite their earlier announcement that Mitt Romney had narrowly won. The non-conclusion highlights the potential pitfalls with party-run presidential nominating events.


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Romney, appearing on Fox News Channel, called Gingrich 'a feisty competitor' but argued the former House speaker was not the best man

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Mitt Romney entered the final full day of campaigning in South Carolina's GOP primary contest Friday scrambling to fend off challenges from more conservative rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum and insisting he's the one that Republicans can trust to "post up well" against President Barack Obama in the fall.


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