Women In Politics

Buses to carry 1,000 to protest Arizona law
Immigration advocates expect roughly 1,000 Coachella Valley residents to caravan to Los Angeles on Saturday for a march protesting a new Arizona immigration law.

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Feds: Torres-Martinez tribe can use grant money to pay fines
A federal agency is allowing a local tribe to use taxpayer-provided funds to pay a penalty for misusing such funds, a move some decry as a “slap on the wrist” that won’t deter potential future misuse of public dollars.

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Election season kicking into gear
Think it’s too early to discuss the November elections? Think again.

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More Elections Confusion Prompts Calls For Resignation
The head of elections for Riverside County is defending her actions on election night and in the days following as more and more politicians call for her resignation.

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Saving girls from being cut
A Salon article inspires legislation to put an end to the brutal practice of female genital mutilation

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York Daily Record Div. I girls’ soccer all-stars
The York Daily Record/Sunday News presents its 2010 Division I Girls’ Soccer All-Stars. PLAYER OF THE YEAR    Katie Holtzapple, Spring Grove, senior: The Towson University-bound forward wrapped up her record-setting career with 22 goals and 17 assists this season for the Rockets, who

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Country singer follows his dreams
If Michael Ruhl believes in signs, the country singer’s new CD and the career he’s launching began in a tornado. It was three years ago, heading home from several months as a part-time aerial rescue firefighter at Yellowknife.[...]

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Even committee head couldnt get this bill through
If anyone can get a bill through a legislative committee, Capitol conventional wisdom holds, it’s the committee’s leader. Tell that to Inland state Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod. Negrete McLeod’s bill targeting abusive nurses, dentists and others died Thursday in the nine-member Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee, which she leads.

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No charges in fatal accident
Schaghticoke woman, 83, is killed this morning when her car is hit by a dump truck at the intersection of State Route 40 and County Route 126, NYSP said.

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Obituaries for June 16, 2010
Mack G. Looper Daniel Owen Brannon Mary Catherine Kirkpatrick-Patak Jack E. Brown LaVera Jane Thomas Willie Ray Milton Dorothy L. Burt Charles Wesley Haun, Jr. Javier Rigo Reveron Wanda I. Bohn Ron Seifert Clinton Grant Pearce, Sr. Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/

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