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ACORN branches rename, rebrand after video scandal (AP)

In this photo taken, March 12, 2010, in Chicago, Michael Shea, Executive Director of Affordable Housing Centers of America, formally known as ACORN Housing poses in his office. Groups once affiliated with ACORN nationwide are changing their names in the wake of a video scandal late last year that tarnished the parent organization's name. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Affiliates of the once mighty liberal activist group ACORN are remaking themselves in a desperate bid to ditch the tarnished name of their parent organization and restore federal grants and other revenue streams that ran dry in the wake of a video scandal.


Mon Mar 15 05:55:20 -0500 2010
Gay seniors come out late, start second lifetime (AP)

People walk under a rainbow flag as they celebrate victory for gay rights during a parade in Mexico City March 14, 2010. Ten same-sex couples wed in Mexico on Sunday as Mexico City became the first Latin American city to defy religious taboos and macho stereotypes by legalizing gay marriage. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)AP - Those who work with seniors say they're seeing growth in the number of people in their 60s, 70s and 80s coming out of the closet as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.


Mon Mar 15 02:01:54 -0500 2010
No word from woman freed in alleged plot, mom says (AP)
AP - A Colorado woman who says she is the mother of an American held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist said Sunday she does not know where her daughter or grandson may be.
Sun Mar 14 14:12:21 -0500 2010