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City council candidate removed from ballot for poor English skills
YUMA, Ariz. — A judge ruled that a city council candidate in Arizona must be removed from the ballot due to lack of English proficiency.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Nation & World
Feds order 25 states to provide bilingual ballots
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the run-up to the 2012 elections, the federal government is ordering that 248 counties and other political jurisdictions provide bilingual ballots to Hispanics and other minorities who speak little or no English.
Date: 10/12/2011 | Nation & World
Poll: Online slurs seen as just joking
WASHINGTON -- Is it ever OK to tweet that a girl's a "slut"? How about using an offensive name for gays on Facebook? Or texting a racial slur? Most young people think it's all right when friends are joking around with each other, according to a new poll.
Date: 09/20/2011 | Nation & World
Edmonds teen puzzles New York Times readers with his crossword clues
Tasman, naish and anadem earned literary fist bumps from comment writers on The New York Times crossword blog. One person was gobsmacked at the success of the day's puzzle featuring those obscure words.
Date: 08/01/2011 | Local News
Tulalip graduate's short film honored by film competition
TULALIP -- Aaron Jones hopes to see his film this August when it's part of the Smithsonian Native Cinema Showcase in Santa Fe, N.M.
Date: 06/24/2011 | Local News
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