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New NAACP Seeing More Gay, Diverse Chapter Leaders

WORCESTER, Mass. -- The NAACP's newly revived Worcester chapter elected a 28-year-old openly gay black man as its president this month. In New Jersey, a branch of the organization outside Atlantic City chose a Honduran immigrant to lead it last year. And in Mississippi, the Jackson State University chapter recently turned...

Montoya Doesn't Care For Martinsville Dogs, Easter Bunny

He normally eats a hot dog microwaved with "cheese, pineapple, sauces and a little bit of crumpled (potato) chips on top," but Juan Pablo Montoya wouldn't eat a famous Martinsville hot dog because, "It just doesn't look good."Not because it's against his religion or anything--just because it didn't look good. C'mon, now. I...

On the Fast Track of Diversity: Aric Almirola

Three years ago, Aric Almirola was getting ready for a full season of late model stock car racing at the .4-mile Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C. Tomorrow, thanks to Joe Gibbs Racing's diversity initiative, the Cuban-American makes his NASCAR Nextel Cup debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.It's surprising even to...