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US poverty rate stuck at 15 percent

September 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hope Yen The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s poverty rate stood still at 15 percent last year, the sixth straight year that it has failed to improve.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, Census Bureau, David Johnson, Democratic Senate, GOP, John Iceland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Penn State, President Barack Obama, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27, poverty

U.S. wants out of suit over Chinese detainee’s death

February 11, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The alleged neglect and death of a terminally ill Chinese immigrant detained in a Rhode Island jail two years ago triggered scathing reports and investigations. There has been a wide-ranging federal lawsuit and hand-wringing over who was responsible.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, American Civil Liberties Union, Bill Fischer, Brian Hale, Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation, Chinese, District Judge William Smith, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Hiu Lui Jason Ng, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Marshals Service, New York, PROVIDENCE, Penn State, Rhode Island, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Steven Brown, United States, Vol 29 No 7 | February 13 - February 19

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