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Neil Diamond (L), actress Meryl Streep (2nd L), musician Yo-Yo Ma (3rd L), first lady Michelle Obama (C) and others clap while U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd R) listens during a live taping of the annual Kennedy Center Honors on December 4, 2011in Washington, DC.

Kennedy Center Honors revises selection process criteria

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After seven months of deliberation, Kennedy Center board trustees announced Thursday that the selection process for one of the nation’s highest artistic … Read More

The Senate Judiciary Committee is currently debating and amending an immigration bill.

Will the controversy over IRS, DOJ and Benghazi derail immigration reform?

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Legislators in Congress - especially Republicans - are turning their attention to plenty of issues - the IRS and Tea Party groups, Benghazi, and the Justice … Read More

Actress America Ferrera is celebrating a milestone achievement - her graduation from college.

Celebrity Rewind: America Ferrera celebrates getting college diploma

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Actress America Ferrera has several notable accomplishments to her name - including Emmy and a Golden Globe  - but among her proudest accolades is officially a … Read More

President Barack Obama gestures as he answers a question during a news conference with Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla at the National Center for Art and Culture in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday, May 3, 2013. Obama was responding to the ongoing situation in Syria.

Obama ends Central America trip, calls for improved economic relations with US

By Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama, concluding a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, is cheering Mexican economic advances and pressing … Read More

In this Jan. 28, 2013, photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., right, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, join a bipartisan group of leading senators to announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rubio seeks to boost border language in bill

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Marco Rubio says a new immigration bill he helped write needs stronger border security provisions or it will fail in the House and may … Read More

Mayra Alvarez - the Director of Public Health Policy in the Office of Health Reform at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - has a very special message for her sister and other Latinos across the country.

Op-ed: A big sister’s advice – get covered!

By Mayra Alvarez

Alejandra was born when I was eleven years old. She’s sassy, smart, beautiful, but first and foremost, my baby sister. Our two older sisters and I have done … Read More

Poll worker Raul Guerrero, Jr., left, signaled to Medardo Aguayo as Aguayo voted Thursday Oct. 30, 2008 at Thomason Hospital in El Paso, Texas.

Florida bill may limit outside volunteer help in elections

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Some controversial changes may soon be coming to Florida elections. A  provision in a new wide-ranging elections bill proposed by Republican State Senator Jack … Read More

Actress America Ferrera shows off her comedic side in "It's a Disaster."

America Ferrera chats edgy new film: “I had to jump right into it”

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Fans of America Ferrera know that the Honduran actress always delivers; whether it’s a feel-good flick like “Our Family Wedding,” an animated film (“How … Read More

Students in Puerto Rico will no longer have to pay U.S. college entrance exam fees.

Puerto Rico eliminates U.S. college entrance exam fees

By Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor says public school students will no longer have to pay to take the standardized entrance exams … Read More

Eva Longoria made an appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno.

[VIDEO] Eva Longoria reveals why she’s getting her master’s degree

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Eva Longoria is all kinds of fabulous as an actress and producer, but the 38-year-old is determined to continue evolving as she works to attain her masters … Read More