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A case of mistaken identity left a Modesto man hospitalized in serious condition after a stabbing this morning in south Modesto, authorities reported. The incident happened about 6:15 a.m. in the 900 block of west Whitmore Avenue. Four men, later identified by Modesto police as Norteño gang members, kicked in the victim's door while he was sleeping. The 33-year-old victim was kicked, punched and stabbed in the upper right side of his back and had a laceration across his left eyebrow, a police spokesman said. The four men then realized they had the wrong house and told the victim they...

The Black-Brown Divide By GREGORY RODRIGUEZ Jan. 26, 2008 I imagine he said it as if he were confessing a deep, dark secret. And, of course (wink, wink), he had no idea his little confession would make the rounds. But when Sergio Bendixen, Hillary Clinton's pollster and resident Latino expert, told the New Yorker after her win in New Hampshire that "the Hispanic voter--and I want to say this very carefully--has not shown a lot of willingness or affinity to support black candidates," he started a firestorm of innuendo that has begun to shape how the media are covering the...