NEW YORK (CNN) — Many Latinos say they know how Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates felt during a recent arrest because they believe police often racially profile Hispanics, too.

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EMINEM shot a new music video for his new single Beautiful in Detroit. The scenes in the video remind me of Michael Moore’s 1989 Documentary Roger and Me.

Before the song begins you read this:

In 1950, Michigan was 1 of 8 states in America that collectively produced 36% of the World’s Gross National Product (GNP). Detroit was the GREATEST manufacturing city in the world.

Watch the Video

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23 percent of Americans don’t believe and are not sure whether Obama was born in the US. With prominent conservatives, Republican congressmen, and media personalities like CNN’s Lou Dobbs leading the charge on claims that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, we asked Research 2000 to poll the question as part of our weekly national poll.

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this is funny, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is on TMZ! Watch Video

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NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez set to become first to Twitter from space in Spanish and English.
BY Denise Chow DAILY NEWS WRITER

It will be one small step for man, but one giant leap for Twitter!

Follow him @Astro_Jose

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Will multiracial media maven Soledad O’Brien ever do a prime-time report on her own people?
Come on, Soledad.

We’re about to see our second “Black in America” series in two years, and it’s only fair to surmise that after the way Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings went down, plans for “Brown in America” will soon be underway. But before you start production on “Brown” or start making plans for “Black in America 3,” consider setting aside a prime-time slot next summer to cover your people.

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By ROBY CHAVEZ

MANASSAS, Va. – Prince William County Police responded to a noise complaint at a child’s baptism party. By the time they left, a grandfather and a pregnant woman had been Tasered.

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SPLC Urges Congress to Investigate Extremism in the Military

The Southern Poverty Law Center today urged Congress to investigate growing evidence that racial extremists are infiltrating the U.S. military and take steps to ensure that the armed forces are not inadvertently training future domestic terrorists.

In a letter to committee chairmen with oversight over homeland security and the armed services, the SPLC said it recently found dozens of personal profiles on a neo-Nazi website where individuals listed “military” as their occupation — the latest evidence of extremist infiltration gathered by the SPLC. It also cites FBI and Department of Homeland Security reports supporting the SPLC’s concerns.

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By Philip B. Corbett

Notes from the newsroom on grammar, usage and style.

The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court prompted discussion about our use of “Hispanic,” “Latino” and related terms. It’s not a simple issue, and I consulted with a number of reporters and editors here who offered good counsel.

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