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Wet Seal to pay $7.5 million in Philly-area race discrimination case

Yesha Callahan, Clutch Magazine
CLUTCH - Wet Seal has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a class action discrimination case that originated when three African-American store workers from Delaware County filed a complaint last year claiming Wet Seal, Inc. fired them because they didn’t fit the store’s image...
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Linda Phiel places a "Whopper Jr." sandwich from Burger King on the casket to be buried with her father David Kime, Jr. at Prospect Hill Cemetery in York, Pa. on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Phiel and other mourners went through the drive-through at Burger King and each got the hamburger to honor Kime, Jr. who loved fast food. (AP Photo/York Daily Record, Jason Plotkin)

Pa. man gets Burger King drive-thru send-off after funeral

Associated Press
YORK, Pennsylvania (AP) - Mourners at a U.S. fast-food fan's funeral wanted him to have it his way, so they arranged for his hearse — and the rest of the procession — to make one last drive-thru visit before reaching the cemetery...
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Obama early vote

Detective: Prankster registered as 'Barack H. Obama' in 2008

Joe Mandak, Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania detective is trying to figure out how an apparent prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed 'Barack H. Obama'...
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Sheldon Stephens, and Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash.

Kevin Clash's accuser revealed; has criminal past

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - Kevin Clash's accuser has been identified as Sheldon Stephens, a 24-year-old aspiring model and actor with a criminal background...
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Voters show identification as they sign in to vote during the Republican primary election April 24, 2012 at Bodine High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Turnout is expected to be low as Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney continues his campaign as the presumptive GOP candidate. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)

Pennsylvania GOP accused of planning voter intimidation

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights groups sent a letter to Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez today about alleged efforts between the Pennsylvania Republican Party and the Pittsburgh Tea Party to target Pittsburgh precincts with large numbers of African-American voters...
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Prior to this study, stillbirths had been linked to birth defects, problems with the placenta, infections and chronic health conditions.

Bill requiring women to prove rape withdrawn after backlash

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - A recently proposed Pennsylvania House bill that would have limited benefits to low-income women who give birth while on welfare - unless they can prove their pregnancy is a result of rape - has been withdrawn...
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Prior to this study, stillbirths had been linked to birth defects, problems with the placenta, infections and chronic health conditions.

Penn. bill: Moms on welfare must prove rape

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - A recently proposed Pennsylvania House bill is seeking to limit welfare benefits to low-income women who give birth while they're covered under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program...
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This undated image provided by Rocky Mountain Pictures, shows an undated film clip from "2016: Obama's America". Hollywood may have run out of summer hits, but an anti-Obama documentary is helping fill the gap. "2016: Obama's America"was expanded from limited to nationwide release and took in $6.2 million to finish at No. 8,Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Rocky Mountain Pictures)

Cable provider airing anti-Obama film for free in swing states

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - '2016: Obama's America', the controversial and undeniably conservative documentary which aims to link the president with radical international politics, will be broadcast for free in swing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania...
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Mugshot of Colin Small (Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office)

Man with GOP ties accused of trashing voter forms

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - A man employed by a company working for the Virginia Republican Party was arrested Thursday and charged with destroying voter registration forms...
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(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

PA energy company sends wrong voter info to 1.3 million customers

theGrio
PENNSYLVANIA - A judge recently postponed Pennsylvania's voter identification requirement, which would have forced each voter to present valid photo ID for upcoming general election. Not everyone got the message...
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