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FBI report: Hate crimes rose almost 8 percent in 2006WASHINGTON - Hate crime incidents in the United States rose last year by nearly 8 percent, the FBI reported Monday, as racial prejudice continued to account for more than half of reported instances. More » |
Penn's collaboration with Philly on school a successPHILADELPHIA - In science class this fall, Maxwell Gontarek has been learning about genetic engineering by observing the offspring of two zebra fish - an albino father and a wild mother. More » |
Hawkins, first black Calif. congressman, dies at 100LOS ANGELES - Augustus Hawkins, who was California's first black congressman and helped form the Congressional Black Caucus, has died. He was 100. More » |
