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* Migrants to U.S. blamed for spreading flu * Hispanic journalists urge 'fair and prudent' reporting (Adds suspension of Boston talk radio host) PHOENIX, May 1 (Reuters) - A new strain of flu has stirred a heated debate in the United States about ...

3 hours 4 min 34 sec ago (NECN: Washington) - President Obama this afternoon attended a naturalization ceremony at the White House for active duty military personnel. 'It is my honor and my personal pleasure to be the first to address you as 'My Fellow ...

A registered sex offender in California has been charged with two child pornography offences in Canada after being arrested at the Alberta-Montana border. Canada Border Services Agency officers found a significant number of graphic images, both photos ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Retailers and restaurants on the U.S.-Mexico border, already hurt by recession, now face a steeper drop in business as consumers stay home to avoid the flu, and could be hurt even more if the border is closed to Mexican traffic. ...

Former Federal Reserve Chairman tells Senate subcommittee that H-1B quota too small, would protect workers from global competition. April 30, 2009 ? Computerworld ? Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan Thursday offered a spirited defense of ...

Teens face prison time for role in Luis Ramirez's beating death last summer Brandon Piekarsky, 17, charged with third-degree murder, ethnic intimidation Derrick Donchak, 19, charged with aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation Schuylkill County ...

ReutersMexican Federal Policemen wear masks in Mexico City A new strain of flu has stirred a heated debate in the United States about immigration, an emotional topic that is never far from the surface in this country of migrants. The H1N1 strain has ...

I don't get why 'swine flu' equals worldwide pandemonium while the generic flu that kills hundreds of thousands of people every year is a non-event. But OK, the experts do, which is why I guess the Obama administration has kicked into ...

US President Barack Obama has said that there were no plans to close the country's border with Mexico despite a growing swine flu outbreak, but assured the public that his government was doing all it could to contain the threat. Obama said late Wednesday ...

The United States government has again ruled out closing the border with Mexico in response to the outbreak of swine flu. The US Vice-President, Joe Biden, said that closing the border would have only limited benefit. The authorities in Mexico, where the ...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A new strain of flu has stirred a heated debate in the United States about immigration, an emotional topic that is never far from the surface in this country of migrants. The swine flu has killed up to 176 people in Mexico. North of ...

Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan Thursday offered a spirited defense of the controversial H-1B program, telling a U.S. Senate subcommittee that the visa quota is 'far too small to meet the need,' and that it protects U.S. workers from ...

decision by President Clinton to commute a drug dealer's prison sentence. By Josh Meyer 7:21 PM PDT, April 30, 2009 Reporting from Washington A former top Los Angeles federal prosecutor who was involved in a Clinton-era clemency controversy has been ...

Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan had a lot to say today about immigration during a Senate hearing billed as the kickoff in Congress to debate over reform this year. His most headline-grabbing remark? Illegal immigration has been good for the country. ...

(Computerworld) WASHINGTON - Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan today offered a spirited defense of the controversial H-1B program, telling a U.S. Senate subcommittee that the visa quota is 'far too small to meet the need,' and that it ...

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-- 'It's millions of leeches from a primitive country come here to leech off you and, with it, they are ruining the schools, the hospitals, and a lot of life in America. Now, at this particular moment in history, they are exporting to us a rather more ...

Previous Issues Comment May Day Marches This May Day, immigration advocates are taking to the streets across the country demanding speedy action on immigration reform. reports 'Organizers said they were hoping thousands of people would attend the Orlando ...

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Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - Mexican doctors in surgical masks screened travelers crossing the border by foot into the United States on Thursday for signs of a new deadly flu strain that ...