KUSI TV in San Diego has just received this year’s Bill Stout Memorial Award for Enterprise from the Associate Press Radio & Television Association. Presented under the “Mark Twain Awards” umbrella, this award is presented to the broadcaster that most personifies the values and dedication to enterprise reporting embodied by legendary Los Angeles newsman Bill Stout.

    From a field of scores of entries, the panel selected KUSI’s continuing series on Oxycontin abuse, called, “Oxy:  What your Kids aren’t Telling You.”

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Sitting in the majestic paneled courtroom in the U.S. Supreme Court three months ago, it did not take long to get that dreaded sense that Betty Dukes and 1.5 million other current and former women employees at Wal-Mart were not likely to prevail in their epic 10-year battle against the nation’s largest private employer.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Friday, June 17th&nbsp;marked 40 years since former President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs. Four decades have demonstrated this war to be a catastrophic failure, especially for the Latino community. In commemoration of this shameful anniversary, community leaders across the country are organizing to demand its end.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; If there was any doubt about the broken state of our prison system, the news this week should put it to rest.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Nada como el reino mágico de Disney para sentir que de veras que la vida es hermosa y el optimismo es posible.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Estuve en la Conferencia Anual de la Asociación de Periodistas Hispanos (NAHJ) en Orlando, donde hubo sabor latino y algunos anuncios positivos.</p>