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08/19/2005 |
DC Charter Schools Puzzling Performance |
| Accustomed to be in the front pages, D.C. public charter schools were making headlines again this week, when ten of the 18 whose test results could be reported failed to make adequate yearly progress, as required by federal law. |
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08/19/2005 |
Herndon council approves day laborers center |
| More than ten hours of testimony and the Herndon Town Council was as ready as they ever be to vote on the day laborers center that have created such a controversy and generated national attention to the small town. |
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08/19/2005 |
Convicted MS-13 member in machete attack |
| The teen who attacked a member of a rival gang with a machete and severed three fingers on the victims left hand, was found guilty and sentenced to 23 years in prison for aggravated malicious wounding, and another five for gang membership. |
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08/12/2005 |
Montgomery Co. wakes up to gang violence |
| “Everybody knows this!” says Jennifer, 14, who volunteers as a bilingual speaker for families in need of immigration paperwork. “It makes me mad this “surprise” thing.” |
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08/12/2005 |
Duncan to discuss gangs in El Salvador |
| Although the trip to El Salvador was a trade mission, Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan added gangs to the agenda, after the bloody events of last Friday. |
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08/12/2005 |
Homily to honor patrono of the Salvadorans |
| The celebration in honor to the Divine Saviour of the World, patron saint of the Salvadorans, had a colorful and cheerful closing at the Saint Anthony church in Falls Church Virginia , with the attendance of about three thousand parishioners, who attentively listened to the homily pronounced by the Bishop of Zacatecoluca, Monsignor Elías Samuel Bolaños. |
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08/05/2005 |
Tim Kaine: Beliefs running politics |
| He has the full backing of his party, but he has also gone great lengths to make himself comfortable in his party's label, not by shrinking himself, but by redefining “Democrat,” and going public talking about faith, religion and education as well as prevention of crime, violence and youth pregnancy. |
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07/29/2005 |
Guatemalan Maya: compensation after massacre |
| After 23 years of fighting, indigenous Maya people from Guatemala are still demanding compensation from the IADB and the World Bank for being driven from their ancestral lands by the blood-soaked construction of a bank-funded dam. |
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07/29/2005 |
Pests and mold: undesirable roommates |
The red-hot Sun did not prevent the march of dozens of tenants protesting their landlords at “University Landing Apts.” in the Langley Park, Silver Spring area, where according to some of the tenants there is an infestation of bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and mould, which is affecting the units they occupy. |
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07/29/2005 |
Mass to honor the Divine Savior |
| A group of DC Area Salvadoran community leaders joined officials from the El Salvador General Consulate, on Wednesday, July 27, to assist in the organization of the mass to honor Divino Salvador del Mundo, which will take place on August 6 in DC. |
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07/22/2005 |
Senate supports Villarraigosa |
| Los Angeles elected mayor Antonio Villarraigosa, paid a visit to the Senate Democrat leader Harry Reid who highlighted the importance of his visit and committed his support to the Latino Mayor in all his working plans. |
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07/22/2005 |
Ehrlich funds Health Care for Pregnant Legal Immigrants |
Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., announced Wednesday that four key state programs for vulnerable Marylanders will receive additional funding as a result of the $1 billion Fiscal Year 2005 surplus he announced Tuesday. |
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07/15/2005 |
Crack down on couple who sold authentic licenses |
| Francisco J. Martinez, 57, the manager of the Department of Motor Vehicles customer service center at Springfield Mall, and his wife, 56-year-old Miriam Martinez, were arrested on Tuesday, July 12 on federal charges of conspiring to commit identification fraud. |
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07/15/2005 |
| La Raza in Philly |
| The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), a national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., will draw some of the nation's foremost business and community leaders, government officials, and entertainers to participate in the NCLR Annual Conference July 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. |
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07/08/2005 |
Mary's Center receives La Raza's award |
| There was happiness over the Mary's Center in Washington DC this Tuesday when they learned they were among the recipients of the second annual NCLR-Annie E. Casey Foundation Family Strengthening Awards (FSA). |
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07/08/2005 |
| Warner: National Guard needs re-structuring |
| As an immediate need called Virginia Governor Mark Warner the return of troops currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, during a luncheon with more than 150 attendees at the National Press Club, on Wednesday, June 6, for his annual State of Virginia speech. |
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