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Fewer Gays on TV, but Fox has the Most
KIAHFewer gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters are showing up on broadcast TV this year, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. GLAAD counts just 19 LGBT characters among the 647 characters on regular scripted network...Tags: The CW (tv network), Minority Groups, Television Industry, File Sharing, HBO (tv network)
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Census is Hiring
KIAHNeed a job? Well, the Census is hiring. The 2010 Census Hiring Campaign is in high gear in the Bayou City. It's really easy to apply for a job too. All you have to do is call 1-866-861-2010 and give them your zip code. From there they'll give you a...Tags: Employment, Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy, Population, Career and Workplace
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Census 2010: Making Sure Everyone Counts
KIAHEveryone counts and the 2010 census is going to a lot of work to prove it. Volunteers are canvassing neighborhoods with historically low return rates this weekend. The goal is to get people to mail in their census forms before the expensive door-to-...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Demographics, 2010 Census
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ICE Raids Cause Census Fear
KIAHThe 2010 census is on and the Census Bureau wants to assure immigrants here illegally that reporting to the government won't lead to punishment. However, immigration raids like the one this week in southeast Houston have many feeling uneasy. Police...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Crime, Law and Justice, Corporate Crime, Punishment, Politics
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Texas Likely To Gain From 2010 Census
KIAHBy February 2010 the U.S. Census Bureau will begin mailing out millions of surveys asking everyone over the age of 18 specific questions about their lives. Like, how much do they make, how much education do they have, and how many people live in their...Tags: Minority Groups, Sociology, Social Sciences, Society, George Bush
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In Pittsburgh and other Rust Belt cities, more live alone
Since Allison Sturm's husband died 10 years ago, she's lived by herself at her apartment in Cincinnati. Friends and children visit from time to time, but she says she still feels alone in the city. "I don't like being lonely," Sturm, 79, said while...
Tags: Pittsburgh, Rentals, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Allentown, University of Cincinnati
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America's uneasy 'browning'
White babies are no longer a majority of new births, according to theU.S. Census Bureau. America is quietly "browning," it is said, like dinner rolls in a warm oven. Yet such change does not come about without resistance from those who prefer to remain...
Tags: Nikki Haley, Crime, Law and Justice, Customs and Tradition, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama
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2010 census was largely accurate but undercounted minorities
L.A. NOWA new analysis shows that the 2010 Census was generally accurate but disproportionately undercounted blacks, Latinos and other traditionally hard-to-count groups.... -
Census Bureau says 2010 count was mainly accurate
The 2010 census continued to miscount the same groups that it's had problems keeping track of in the past, but overall was essentially accurate, officials said Tuesday. According to an assessment of its count, the Census Bureau said it had overcounted...
Tags: Minority Groups, Africa, Demographics, Social Issues, 2010 Census
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Analysis: Can political polls still be trusted?
WASHINGTON -- Over the last couple of decades, the percentage of people willing to answer a telephone survey has plummeted -- both in the United States and abroad. The drop has led many to wonder whether polls can still reliably tell us much about...
Tags: Personal Income, Elections, Polls, Politics, Democratic Party
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Report: U.S. Rep. Webster no Census fan
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelAn interesting piece from the Ocala Star-Banner explores the recent effort by U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, to end a national survey that's part of the Census, a poll that several business and right-leaning folks really like. Here's the a link... -
Growth cited as region's challenge
NORFOLK — Could a rapid light-rail system connect Peninsula residents with South Hampton Roads residents? Will suburban and commercial sprawl be allowed to consume green space? Close to 350,000 people are predicted to move into Hampton Roads in the...Tags: Health, Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Conservation, Transportation
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