Top News for July 31st, 2007

Posted on: July 31st, 2007
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GOP resolution rejects amnesty for illegal aliens

The rate of incarceration for blacks and Hispanics in Rhode Island, when compared with whites, is well above the national average, a new report shows.

Univision set to meet with major record companies over music unit auction

Arthritis Disability More Likely in Older Blacks, Hispanics

In minority neighborhood, kids risk of cancer soars - Houston


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Foreign-born Latinos now comprise nearly three-quarters of Ohio’s nursery-industry work force, with most workers earning less than $10 an hour

Among Latinos nationwide, 47% do not attend college, 23% go to a four-year school, 25% go to community college and 5% get some form of postsecondary education

Phoenix the countrys second-fastest-growing Hispanic market

Minorities Account for 51% of the U.S. Transplant Waiting List

A Florida travel agency, Viajes Principal, offers a 17-day, $5,000-a-person tour of Europe for quinceañeras and their families, culminating with a formal dinner atop the Eiffel Tower and boat tour down the Seine, the girls decked out in their quince regalia.

Georgia ranks fourth among fast-growing Hispanic markets, behind Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee.

A study in showed that children (predominantly Hispanics) living within 2 miles of the heavily industrialized Houston Ship Channel have a 56 percent greater risk of contracting acute lymphocytic leukemia than children living farther away — a risk that epidemiologists found was associated with some of the toxic pollutants released by petrochemical plants in the area.

The Hispanic market in Georgia will grow from $860 billion now to $1.2 trillion in five years


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Mexican American Cultural Center open in Austin, Texas

Can Business Solve the Immigration Mess?

Latino men don’t have work-family conflict

Behind Closed Doors: Latino Binge Eating - Listen to NPR story

College tour gives Latino students a wider world view - ‘This tour is the type of opportunity we came to this country for,’ says the mother of one teen taking the seven-college trip. - Los Angeles

Children march to end deportations at U.S. Senator Norm Coleman’s house in St. Paul, Minnesota

The S.C. Minority Affairs Commission plans to unveil in a month what it calls the most comprehensive report on Hispanics’ impact on South Carolina’s schools, hospitals and labor market. - Meeting to discuss it - August 30th

People En Español Names the Best And Worst Dressed Celebrities of the Year

Latest trend for Hispanic girls — destination ‘quinces’

Clinton avoids the Hispanic votes rifts. Obama can learn from her navigating tricky South Florida waters.

In any language, its baseball in Minnesota

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