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The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, the government reported Friday.

According to the findings of this ground-breaking study by Rincon & Associates, the tendency for African-American, Hispanic and Asian consumers to adhere strongly to their cultural traditions is creating unprecedented demand for new ethnic-themed products

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Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of surgical abortions, won’t be hosting an advertising event this week that would have promoted its services among youth outside a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Washington State, thanks to the prompt reactio