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The regulations, approved unanimously by the state's Air Resources Board at a meeting in Los Angeles, would also support development of an infrastructure for hydrogen fueling stations.

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My name is Patrick Meighan, and I'm a husband, a father, a writer on the Fox animated sitcom "Family Guy", and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica.

I was arrested at about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning with 291 other people at Occupy LA. I was sitting in City Hall Park with a pillow, a blanket, and a copy of Thich Nhat Hanh's "Being Peace" when 1,400 heavily-armed LAPD officers in paramilitary SWAT gear streamed in. I was in a group of about 50 peaceful protestors who sat Indian-style, arms interlocked, around a tent (the symbolic image of the Occupy movement). The LAPD officers encircled us, weapons drawn, while we chanted "We Are Peaceful" and "We Are Nonviolent" and "Join Us."

This day and the rest of the month also mark the end of the International Year for People of African Descent, an occasion proclaimed by the international community to recognize that "people of African descent represent a distinct group whose human rights must be promoted and protected". Events being organized today in the United States and all over the world give us the opportunity to call attention to racial discrimination and the ongoing challenge in "bringing human rights home".

Published on Dec 8, 2011 by AFP

HIDE/SEEK -- an exhibition of portraits and self-portraits by gay and lesbian artists exploring human desire, suffering and artistic identity -- has made a name for itself. Controversy has followed it from Washington -- where the National Portrait Gallery censored a video artwork -- to the Brooklyn Museum which is displaying the full show. AFPTV meets artist AA Bronson and views his and other works in the show.