TULARE, Calif.A legal nonprofit organization is suing the City of Tulare, claiming that Hispanic residents are not getting equal representation under the current voting system.
Attorneys for the San Francisco-based Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights said that electing City Council members to at-large seats instead of from districts diminished Hispanic voters strength in elections.
The group filed the suit last week in Tulare County Superior Court.
Only one Hispanic has been elected to Tulares five-member City Council in the past 20 years even though the city is nearly 55 percent Hispanic.
Tulare City Manager Darrel Pyle told The Fresno Bee that the lawsuit seemed unnecessary because...
Bloodgate doctor Wendy Chapman cleared by General Medical Council to practise medicine
Wendy Chapman, the doctor at the centre of the Bloodgate scandal, has been cleared to practise medicine by a General Medical Council disciplinary panel.
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Q: Is it legal for a street-licensed vehicle to have oversized wheels and or tires that extend out beyond the wheel well?
I have noticed that in wet weather some of these vehicles throw up a lot of spray.
A: Oversized wheels are acceptable, but the vehicle has to cover them, State Patrol Trooper Trifena John said. Fender flares can be added to cover the tires. If a vehicle needs to be raised or lowered to adjust for the tires, there are additional specifications.
According to state law, no part of a vehicle may be lower than the lowermost portion of the rim of any wheel in contact with the roadway.
The maximum height depends on the side of the vehicle. Here are specifications...
WASHINGTON —
The worst floods in Pakistans history already have swept through the nations most important breadbasket provinces, destroying cotton and corn crops, vegetables and orchards, and leaving many people in need of emergency food.
Now experts warn that the food crisis could expand into a long-term problem if farmers cant get the seeds, draft animals and irrigation repairs they need for the fall planting of wheat, the nations most important crop.
The floods in Pakistan since July are one of the biggest disasters in recent world history. Some 17 million people have been affected, and 1,600 have been killed. Much of the nations farmland has been...
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Liebman and colleagues compared the size of menu items with the serving sizes outlined by the US Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration for the nutrition facts panel on products.
Findings, reported in September issue of Nutrition Action HealthLetter:
McDonalds Big Mac and Big N Tasty each weigh about 7 ounces; the Angus Deluxe, about 11 ounces.
A serving size for a burger is about 5 ounces, the government says. You can get a burger that size if you buy the Burger King Whopper Jr. or McDonalds hamburger or cheeseburger.
Many steakhouses offer a rib eye steak thats 14 ounces uncooked, which is about 11 ounces cooked. A steak about that...
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Want to help hungry Central Floridians and have some fun while doing it?
September is Hunger Action Month. Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is participating in Feeding America — a national effort to mobilize folks to combat hunger.
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SCOTLAND, Ark. — Arkansas State Police say three people are dead in the crash of a medical helicopter in Van Buren County.
Family, Friends Remember The Life Of Paramedic
Spokesman Bill Sadler said the helicopter crashed near the town of Scotland, about 80 miles north of Little Rock, about 4:30 am Tuesday. Sadler said the helicopter crew was based in Vilonia and was flying to Alread to pick up a patient.
The crew, which included pilot Kenneth Robertson, flight nurse Kenneth Meyer, Jr., and flight paramedic Gayla Gregory, was en route to a scene flight at Crabtree, Ark. No patients were on board.
This is a tragic day for us here at Air Evac Lifeteam,...
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Many a celebrity mom has sung the praises of homemade baby food, but how many will whip up a batch of sweet potatoes in their hotel room? At least one!
We travel with a Babycook its a little steamer and a grinder and so the first thing we do is try to find an organic store or food store and just buy all our groceries, tennis pro Kim Clijsters, 27, confesses to CNN.
Then we ask the hotel to put in a little fridge or empty out the mini-bar to put all the food in there and we try to make most of her food ourselves.
Life on tour is definitely a lot more busy with daughter Jada Ellie, 2, and not only because of the extra...
Aid for sale in Pakistan as refugees want cash
* Some charities begin handing out money instead of goods
* UN agencies fear cash could cause inflation, fuel corruption
PESHAWAR: Needing cash not food, refugees in flood-ravaged Khyber Pakhtunkhwa do not have to look far for buyers for their rations. Outside an aid warehouse, middlemen buy US-branded oil, flour and biscuits and supply to shops across the city.
The trade is not illegal, but appears to strengthen arguments by aid groups who say that giving money to those recovering from disasters or war is often cheaper, more effective and efficient than doling out food or other assistance like housing materials,...
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