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** FILE ** Sen. Jim Webb was the chief author of the 21st Century GI Bill of Rights. (The Washington Times)
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A researcher says there is a "generation gap" between old and young blacks, whose perspectives on race relations in the United States are often at odds, colored by the "popular media."
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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images STEAMROLLED: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was joined by wife Silda at a press conference yesterday. He apologized to his family and the public but did not mention the high-priced prostitution ring that he is accused of using.
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E. Donald Hughes is one of the last members of the first African-American labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. His mother, Inell Hughes, was married to a porter.
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** FILE ** The North Portico of the White House was decorated with a giant AIDS ribbon to commemorate World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2007, which is designed to raise global awareness about the pandemic.
