Wednesday, May 12, 2010;
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RACE RELATIONS
Foundation launches anti-racism effort
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded $75 million in grants to civic groups working to eliminate racial disparities in communities across the country -- the largest sum the foundation has ever targeted at a single goal.
Kellogg, the fifth-largest foundation in the country and a frequent contributor to nonprofit groups that help children and families in the United States and abroad, launched the effort because of concern about the notion that issues of race had become less important since President Obama's election.
"The legacy of centuries of systematic racial discrimination and institutionalized allowance of that can't be overlooked," said Gail Christopher, the foundation's vice president for programs. "There are still consequences to that, and it will take us a long time to undo that."
Foundation leaders said their goal is to do away with structural racism, which they described as symptomatic of the wide swath of racial disparities inherent in health outcomes for minorities, the achievement gap in education and the disproportionate number of minorities in prison.
-- Krissah Thompson
CALIFORNIA
Grocery chain faces criminal charges
The Los Angeles city attorney's office filed criminal charges Tuesday against the Ralphs supermarket chain and its parent company, Kroger, accusing them of overcharging for some goods.
The city attorney filed 14 counts of false and misleading advertising along with other charges, including false labeling. They carry fines and penalties of up to $256,000.
Ralphs was cited for similar violations in 2008 and 2009 and paid nearly $17,000 in fines.
-- Associated Press
Ohio university suspends sorority: Miami University of Ohio has suspended a sorority for a year after a lodge owner complained about damage and unruly behavior at a spring formal, including guests urinating in sinks, men scrambling over the bar for drinks, and couples caught having sex. The action against the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women chapter means it loses its campus dorm suite, can't recruit new members and can't participate as a group in campus activities at the southwest Ohio school.
Carter's grandson wins election: The eldest grandson of former president Jimmy Carter won a Georgia Senate seat in a special election Tuesday night. Jason Carter is the first in his family to win elected office since his grandfather took the White House more than three decades ago.
-- Associated Press
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