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Nicol: Develop rational policies that protect border residents and ecosystems
In his recent speech in El Paso President Barack Obama pointed to the buildup of border security personnel and infrastructure, and declining crime rates in border communities, to justify a renewed effort to enact immigration reform.
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:16P
Rawson: Buckle up, Texas
As a result, experts at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report an estimated 2843 fewer deaths, 48000 fewer serious injuries, and a savings to the state of more than $10 billion in associated costs.
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:16P
Serepisos bankruptcy application in court
FM Custodians Ltd, acting for the frozen Canterbury Mortgage Trust, is seeking to bankrupt Mr Serepisos over a $6.1 million loan which he personally guaranteed. Mr Serepisos last month avoided the liquidation of several of his companies by the Inland
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:15P
The Tree of Life wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
Best film ... (from right to left) Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and Sean Penn star in The Tree of Life. Photo: AFP American director Terrence Malick's expansive drama The Tree of Life won the top honour at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday,
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:15P
"The Influencing Machine": How the media works
Every week, the Peabody Award-winning public radio program "On the Media" takes an essential but maddeningly immaterial subject -- how journalism, entertainment, advertising and other communications work -- and makes it graspable,
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:14P
Libya: A major test case for Barack Obama
The newspaper, however, quoted Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard law professor who led the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel in 2003 and 2004, as portraying that it as a significant constitutional moment. “There may be facts of which we are unaware,
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:11P
Strauss-Kahn: More hotel staff 'propositioned'
FORMER IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who eight days ago was one of the most powerful men on the planet, spent his first full day as an electronically tagged, armed guarded, rape suspect yesterday at a temporary address in Manhattan
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:11P
Malick's 'Tree of Life' Wins Top Cannes Honor
(CANNES, France) — Terrence Malick's expansive drama "The Tree of Life" has won the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival, while Kirsten Dunst took the best-actress prize for the apocalyptic saga "Melancholia.
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:10P
Utility pole damaged in Saturday crash in Upper Allen
By ELIZABETH GIBSON, The Patriot-News A Mechanicsburg woman apparently escaped serious injury when the van she was driving crashed into a utility pole in Upper Allen Township on Saturday. Upper Allen police said Susan Yinger, 62, was taken to Holy
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:08P
Motorcade and celebration honoring Louis Coleman, Jr. Drive held Sunday
(WHAS11) Reverend Louis H. Coleman, Jr. was Louisville's best-known social justice activist for over three decades. Considered a champion by many, he was a staunch civil rights activist and a dedicated fighter against injustice who
Updated: 05/22/2011 05:07P
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