ACORN protest in Washington
Joe Cox (L) and Robinette Barmer of Baltimore, Maryland, protest in front of the Dirksen Senate office building in Washington on September 23, 2008. As members of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), Cox and Barmer are protesting proposed government bailout of financial institution only while homeowners in distress are ignored. (UPI Photo/Kamenko Pajic)
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NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- ACORN, the community group that has become a target of conservative attacks, filed a lawsuit Thursday in New York to get its federal funding restored.
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- ACORN and its former deputy regional director have entered not guilty pleas to charges of violating Nevada's voter-registration laws.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A Republican senator wants the U.S. Homeland Security Department to rescind a nearly $1 million firefighting grant awarded the embattled advocacy group ACORN.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown says his office will look into videos purportedly showing members of ACORN offering advice on how to open a brothel.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- California is investigating conduct of ACORN employees and the secret videotaping of those employees by conservative activists, officials said Thursday.
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A Las Vegas organizer for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now says he gave cash bonuses to canvassers who met voter registration goals.
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign is paying volunteers to sign up other activists and get voters to the polls, the Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday.
BROOKLINE, Mass., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Massachusetts residents say they are under siege from this year's large crop of acorns as the hard nuts have been falling from trees like rain.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- ACORN transferred several million dollars designated for the poor into political lobbying arms of the group in 2006, a U.S. senator said.
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