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ACORN scaling back or shutting down in many cities

latimes.com
Sep. 19, 2009
The community activist group is taking no new clients while it investigates its operations, which have been dragged down by the poor economy and recent scandals. Stung by the recession and a string of scandals, the ACORN community activist organization has found itself shutting down in many of...
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic