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LA Unified teachers take Islam workshop – 89.3 KPCC In weekend classes, teachers learned about Islamic faith, culture, and the Middle East.

Conrad Black: Rubio likely to battle Obama in 2012 – National Post Could the GOP decide to pit a Latino against Obama in 2012?

Latino vote puts Brown in office – Ventura County Star A pollster credits a surge in enthusiasm among Latino voters between Labor Day and Election Day with aiding Jerry Brown’s decisive victory.

Geraldo Rivera: Efforts to Suppress the Latino Vote In 2010 Election Were a Throwback to Jim Crow – Fox News Geraldo speaks out, calls last month’s don’t-vote campaign from GOP-affiliated group “odious.”

Black and Latino voters stick with a shrinking Democratic base – Los Angeles Times The two groups stayed with the Democratic party in large numbers on Tuesday.

The Latino Vote in the 2010 Elections – Pew Research Center In spite of top-of-the-ticket wins for Republican Latino candidates like governor-elect Susana Martinez in New Mexico, Latino voters supported Democratic candidates nationwide.

After brief holdout, Meg Whitman concedes to Jerry Brown – 89.3 KPCC Exit polls showed that Whitman fell short with two key voting groups, Latinos and women.

Mobilizing the Latino vote – CNN An election eve poll of likely Latino voters in eight states conducted by the National Council of La Raza showed immigration playing a major role in mobilizing Latinos to vote.

House Immigration Policy Now in the Hands of GOP and Steve King – The Washington Independent Immigration legislation will be in the hands of likely Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who will chair the immigration subcommittee.

Utah’s Management & Training Corporation’s role in Ariz. immigration law – Salt Lake City Weekly A Utah private prison company is yet another industry player vying to house immigrant detainees.

PostPartisan – How should Harry Reid say gracias? – The Washington Post The Senate Majority Leader received an estimated 90 percent of Nevada’s Latino vote in his defeat of Sharron Angle.

87-year-old immigrant and first-time U.S. voter: ‘I love this country very much’ – Los Angeles Times The former nanny and long-ago civil war refugee from El Salvador became a citizen two years ago. Yesterday she voted for Brown.

Ariz. immigration law three months later: no arrests – USA Today After a federal court judge prevented key portions from going into effect, SB 1070 has failed to live up to opponents’ fears and supporters’ hopes.

Whitman Governor Bid Imperiled by Latino Voter Erosion – Bloomberg The controversy that erupted over her undocumented former maid has gotten in the way of Meg Whitman’s appeal to Latino voters.

Ethnic Voters Rally Around Boxer, Field Poll Shows – New American Media – EthnoBlog Field Poll results put Sen. Barbara Boxer ahead of Republican challenger Carly Fiorina among most ethnic minority voters, including Republican-leaning Vietnamese-American voters.

Foreign-born workers top U.S. born in job hunt – CNNMoney A Pew Hispanic Center study shows that immigrants have gained hundreds of thousands of jobs since the recession is said to have ended, while native-born workers lost more than a million jobs.

Immigration Hawks: Landing in a Gov’s Office Near You – Mother Jones A roundup of immigration hardliners running for governor in states around the country.

Obama: Fate of immigration reform hinges on election – The Hill Some highlights of President Obama’s in-studio interview with L.A.’s “Piolín por la Mañana” host Eddie Sotelo. The interview was taped Friday and aired this morning.

Naturalization docs add security features – USA Today New naturalization certificates will have features to prevent tampering and forgery.

Anti-Muslim crusaders make millions spreading fear – The Tennessean A report on a multi-million-dollar ”anti-jihad” industry that employs self-proclaimed experts.

Tony Blair’s sister-in-law converts to Islam – AFP The former British prime minister’s sister-in-law Lauren Booth converted recently following a visit to Iran.

Whitman loses ground with Latinos, poll finds – San Francisco Chronicle Whitman’s firing of her undocumented maid, and her handling of the resulting controversy, has damaged her standing among Latinos in the governor’s race.

Immigrant vets face deportation despite service – The Associated Press Legal-resident military veterans are not exempt from a 1996 law that greatly expanded the list of offense for which people may be deported.

Whitman struggling to close the deal with Latinos – 89.3 KPCC Meg Whitman had hoped to win over more Latino voters, who make up about a fifth of the state’s electorate, to beat Jerry Brown in the race for governor.

Fox News Gives Juan Williams $2 Million Contract – 89.3 KPCC NPR has been sharply criticized for firing news analyst Juan Williams for remarks he made about Muslims on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor.” Fox, meanwhile, has extended Williams’ contract with the network.

In WA, illegal immigrants canvassing for votes – The Washington Post They know it’s risky, but undocumented immigrants are among the volunteers canvassing neighborhoods in the Seattle area trying to get naturalized citizens to cast ballots.

Three Latino stars shine for GOP – The Washington Post New Mexico’s Republican candidate for governor Susana Martinez is one of a trio of Latino Republicans poised to win high office this year, in part by running on an anti-immigration platform.

U.S. senators call for probe into immigration dismissals – Houston Chronicle The seven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have called for an investigation into the dismissal of hundreds of immigration cases in Houston.

Toxic powder sent to Rep. Grijalva’s Tucson, Ariz., office – The Hill The FBI is investigating a package containing toxic powder and Nazi insignias sent to the Tucson office of Rep. Raul Grijalva (D). Grijalva has been a vocal opponent of the anti-illegal immigration measure SB 1070.