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National bank ordered to pay $2.2 mil to African American job seekers
NEW YORK - Bank of America Corp was ordered to pay $2.18 million to 1,147 black job applicants over racial discrimination in hiring that kept qualified candidates from getting jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor said this week.The decision by Linda Chapman, an administrative law judge at the Labor Department, awards back pay and...Burger King debuts low-fat french fries
MIAMI — Burger King Worldwide Inc, known for its "Whopper" hamburgers, has introduced lower-fat french fries as consumer groups and nutrition experts in the U.S. increase pressure on the food industry to offer healthier alternatives. The Miami-based hamburger chain says its new "Satisfries" contain 40 percent less fat and 30 percent...Homeless man rewarded for turning in bag containing $42,000
BOSTON — More than $68,000 in donations have poured in from people around the country for a Boston homeless man who turned over to police a backpack stuffed with cash that he had found outside a shopping mall. The man, Glen James, landed in the spotlight earlier this month when Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis lauded him for...Fake online reviewers exposed by NY Attorney General
NEW YORK — Nineteen companies caught writing fake reviews on websites such as Yelp, Google Local and CitySearch have been snared in a year-long sting operation by the New York Attorney General, and will pay $350,000 in penalties.The Attorney General's office set up a fake yogurt shop in Brooklyn, New York, and sought help from firms...California law allows kids to erase digital indiscretions
SAN FRANCISCO — California teenagers, who post photographs of themselves wearing too little clothing or having had too much to drink, will have the legal right to erase their online indiscretions under newly enacted first-in-the-nation legislation.The so-called 'eraser bill,' which Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed into law this...Columbia University instructor beaten in possible hate crime
NEW YORK — A Columbia University professor, who wears a beard and turban in keeping with his Sikh religion, was savagely beaten by teen attackers who shouted anti-Muslim taunts in what police described as a possible hate crime. Singh was strolling near his home in nearby Harlem around 7 p.m. on Saturday when 15 to 20 teenagers on...
Religious leaders meet with Iranian President in New York
September 27th, 20130 NEW YORK — A group of American Muslim community leaders, in addition to Congressmen Keith Ellison and André Carson, were invited by Iran's mission at the United Nations in New York to have a dinner and hold a discussion with the president of Iran Dr. Hassan Rouhani Tuesday night, right after Rouhani’s address at the General...Rouhani: Israel should sign non-nuclear treaty
Iran has urged Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Speaking at the UN General Assembly for the second time this week, President Hassan Rouhani called for a world disarmament conference to establish a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East.“As long as nuclear weapons exist, the threat of their use exists,” Rouhani said,...
American journalist and family detained and harassed at U.S.-Canada border
September 27th, 20130 Ignore the sign at the United States’ border crossing near Buffalo, New York claiming those coming in from Canada will be treated with courtesy, dignity and respect. An American journalist says that’s far from what happened recently when returning home.A producer with National Public Radio’s “On the Media” program says the U.S....Sexual harassment investigation, four months later: ADC-MI future in limbo as national office remains silent
DEARBORN — Last May, sexual harassment allegations surfaced against Regional Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Michigan (ADC-MI) Imad Hamad, shaking the organization and, in turn, the community. Yet, four months later, as the organization heads into the fall, during which it usually hosts two of its largest...Two-state solution or illusion?
Peter Beinart is a “liberal Zionist” who has written a piece in the New York Review of Books (in the Sept. 26 edition) entitled “The American Jewish Cocoon.” In this essay he laments, “The organized Jewish community a closed intellectual space.”By this he means that most American Zionist Jews (it is important to remember...Legal Corner: Preemptive military strikes are illegal under international law – Part 1
Recently, and quite suddenly, there has been a significant improvement in the overall mood about the prospects for peace in the Middle East. One of the constant looming dangers hanging over the region over the past decade was the prospect of a regional war triggered by a preemptive strike by...Wild pigs take over Atlanta neighborhood
ATLANTA — Wild pigs have descended on a suburban Atlanta neighborhood, where they are routinely seen rummaging through garbage, trotting around in backyards, and sleeping on front lawns. Descendents of wild boar, the feral pigs seem to have become pests in rural Georgia in recent years, earning a reputation for damaging farmer's...Leaders to select new BRIDGES co-chair, address civil rights issues at meeting
DEARBORN — On Tuesday, September 24, community leaders gathered at the Dearborn Performing Arts Center for a meeting held by the group, BRIDGES (Building Respect In Diverse Groups to Enhance Sensitivity), in order to discuss agenda items pertaining to both the community and the organization itself.BRIDGES was formed shortly after 9/11,...Dearborn City Council tables garage ordinance for revision, again
DEARBORN — On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Dearborn City Council tabled the garage ordinance amendment that would ban garages from being converted into habitable spaces, to review and clarify parts of it. The council said the part of the ordinance that would ban transparent or sliding garage doors needs clarification before the amendment is......
Arab League ambassador to U.S. shares thoughts on “Arab Spring” at HFCC
DEARBORN — The Ambassador of the League of Arab States to the U.S., Mohammed Al Hussaini Al Sharif, delivered a lecture on the "Arab Spring" and the role of the League in the Middle East on Monday, Sept. 22, at Henry Ford Community College.Sharif began his lecture by stressing on the economic, geographic and religious importance of the...Mayor O’Reilly endorses city council candidate Susan Dabaja at fundraiser
O'Reilly and Dabaja.Mayor Jack O’Reilly attends City Council candidate Susan Dabaja’s fundraiser at Habib’s Cuisine, on Wednesday, September 25. O’Reilly, who was amongst 400 supporters in attendance, publicly announced that he was endorsing Dabaja’s run for City Council. Dabaja is one of fourteen candidates up for the seven...The Citizen: An Arab immigrant’s story on the big screen
ROYAL OAK — If you win the lottery, you hold on to the winning ticket. That's exactly what Ibrahim Jarrah, the main character in the movie "The Citizen," did. He won the International Green Card Lottery for permanent resident status in the United States, and stuck to his chance to become an American citizen despite the hardships and...NAAMA honors ACC President and CEO Dr. Haifa Fakhouri
On Sunday, Sep. 1, Arab American and Chaldean Council President and CEO Dr. Haifa Fakhouri was honored by the National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) for her support and commitment to making a difference. Dr. Fakhouri was recognized at NAAMA's 35th National Medical Convention in Newport Beach, California. The ACC......
Dearborn resident killed by car while crossing Warren Avenue
DEARBORN — Ibrahim Beidon, 59, of Dearborn passed away Friday, Sept. 20, after being hit by an SUV on Warren Avenue in the evening that same day. He was rushed to Oakwood Hospital afterwards, and passed away there. Beidon was a supporter of The Arab American News, and volunteered his time to the paper. TAAN extends its sympathy and...Dearborn Police warn residents of “Apple Picking”
Dearborn — Dearborn has witnessed an increase in iPhone thefts, police say.The Apple smart phones, which can be quickly sold for cash, make for an attractive target to thieves. Stealing iPhones from the hands of their users and running away has been coined "Apple Picking." Last year, several iPhone theft stories made national......
Three face felony charges for involvement in Hamtramck election ballot fraud
HAMTRAMCK — The office of the Michigan Attorney General has filed charges against three Hamtramck men, who are accused of violating election law. Salim Ahmed, 50, Armani Asad, 33, and Mohammed Russell, 32 are accused of submitting absentee ballots to the city clerk’s office that were not related to them, or members of their...DHS awarded major grant to help eliminate client identity theft
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Human Services has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help clients avoid identity theft within their DHS food assistance program (FAP) accounts.The grant, which is part of the United States Department of Commerce and its National Strategy for......