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Face of US changing; elections to look different

By NANCY BENAC and CONNIE CASS
Associated Press

   WASHINGTON (AP) -- The face of America is changing, and that means its elections will look different, too.
   Tuesday's election drove home demographic trends that have been embedded in the fine print of birth rates and immigration statistics for years.
   America is getting more diverse.
   Nonwhites made up 28 percent of the electorate this year, compared with 20 percent in 2000. Much of that growth comes from Hispanics.
   The trend helped Barack Obama for two elections in a row now.
   Obama won 80 percent of the growing ranks of nonwhite voters this year. Mitt Romney lost even though he dominated among white men, who make up an ever-shrinking slice of America.
   Another trend: more single women, because of divorce and later marriage. Single women are more likely to say they are Democrats.
Face of US changing; elections to look different

Posted: Sunday, November 11 2012, 03:38 PM CST

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Chesapeake to donate $1 million to tornado relief
May 21, 2013 11:19 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. says it will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross to help in the rescue and recovery efforts in Moore.

The oil and gas company says it's also organizing hundreds of employee volunteers to help in the relief effort.

Chesapeake board chairman Archie Dunham says the company is providing "all possible assistance" using Chesapeake's equipment, machinery and resources. The company is also using its "Operation Blue" employee program that allows workers to volunteer four hours on company time.

Chesapeake says it will expand the Operation Blue campaign to help out in Moore.

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