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• Feds: NC sheriff and deputies targeted Latinos

  September 18, 2012 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a North Carolina sheriff and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted … 1

• Obama chides China, hopes to use as campaign wedge

  September 17, 2012 CINCINNATI (AP) — President Barack Obama lodged an unfair-trade complaint against China Monday and immediately used it as a wedge against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, whose beleaguered campaign hit another …

• Romney makes fresh appeal to Latino voters

  September 17, 2012 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is making a fresh appeal to Latino voters and trying to cut into President Barack Obama’s advantage with a key portion of the …

• Cancer overtakes heart disease among US Hispanics

  September 17, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few … 3

• Cancer overtakes heart disease as top US killer

  September 17, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few …

• Romney hits Obama on economy, Obama takes on China

  September 17, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney launched fresh critiques of President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy Monday in an attempt to cut the incumbent’s momentum, as the White House …

• For US Hispanics, cancer top killer, not heart

  September 17, 2012 in Health NEW YORK (AP) — Cancer is now the leading killer of Hispanics in the U.S. — the latest sign it’s beginning to displace heart disease as the nation’s top cause …

• AP Sources: Obama launches new China trade action

  September 17, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching a new trade enforcement case against China as he seeks an advantage over Republican rival Mitt Romney on an economic issue that …

• Obama makes fresh push on economy in key states

  September 15, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — Sensing an opening on the economy, President Barack Obama launched an aggressive new effort Saturday to convince voters in the most competitive states that Republican rival Mitt …

• Arpaio the last of Arizona’s immigration troika

  September 13, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio is gearing up for what he expects will be the toughest of his five re-election campaigns. He is facing a determined effort from …

• Delayed deportations approved ahead of elections

  September 11, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than two months before a presidential election in which both parties are fighting for the key Hispanic vote, the Obama administration has approved the first wave …

• Police in legal minefield on Ariz. immigration law

  September 6, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — The most contentious part of Arizona’s immigration law finally has approval to move forward, surviving a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a heated national debate and two years …

• Judge OKs contentious part of Ariz immigration law

  September 5, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona authorities can enforce the most contentious section of the state’s heavily debated immigration law, according to a federal judge’s ruling Wednesday regarding a section of the … 1

• Dems see Latino-based future as union clout wanes

  September 4, 2012 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — On a precarious political bridge, Democrats are desperately trying to reach a promising future before their old foundation crumbles behind them. Union clout has eroded. But …

• Obama turns to technology during convention

  September 2, 2012 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — When the Democratic Party’s national convention opens this week, President Barack Obama’s target audience won’t be in the crowd. It will be the small sliver of …

• Obama to try to make case for sticking with him

  September 1, 2012 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Don’t expect President Barack Obama to try to reinvent himself next week at the Democratic Party’s national convention. Instead, he and a slew of his defenders …

• Romney still struggles to attract Latino voters

  August 29, 2012 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — It may have been a partisan barb from a Democrat, but Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s pointed criticism of the array of Hispanic speakers at the …

• Republican convention is in full-throated roar

  August 29, 2012 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — With the Republican National Convention at last in full-throated roar, nominee Mitt Romney and his team reached out Wednesday to connect with critical voting groups — …

• LA mayor hits Republican efforts to woo Latinos

  August 28, 2012 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Democratic mayor of Los Angeles says Republican efforts to use Latino speakers at the GOP national convention to win over Hispanic voters won’t work. Antonio …

• ‘Final solution’ threats bring 13-year prison term

  May 11, 2012 in City on Page A5 A man with ties to white supremacists who bragged about wanting to kill President Barack Obama received a 13-year sentence Thursday for a weapons charge, the latest conviction in what …

• Census shows growing Latino population in Eastern Washington

  March 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 When Ana Zaragoza Mandziara moved to the Spokane area last summer, her first impression of her new home was, “Where are all the Mexicans?” Latino population in Washington does not … 20

• 2010 census: Spokane still No. 2; Valley makes top 10

  February 24, 2011 in City on Page A1 Washington’s Hispanic population grew by 70 percent over the last decade, fueling growth from border to border and earning the state another seat in Congress. It’s a trend that held … 8

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