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Compromise needed to fix immigration
Arizona's law requires employers to use the federal E-Verify system to screen for illegal immigrants. The court did not rule on the portion of Arizona's immigration law that allows local and state law enforcement officers to check the immigration
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:16A
1 dead in head-on crash; car crossed center line on Ind. 25
The driver of this Chevrolet Aveo died of injuries suffered in Tuesday's crash. / (By Michael Heinz/Journal & Courier) WEST POINT -- An Attica man was killed Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Indiana 25 West. According to the Tippecanoe County
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:16A
USDOJ: Justice Department Settles Allegations of Immigration-Related
For more information about protections against employment discrimination under federal immigration law, call OSC's worker hotline at 1-800-255-7688 (1-800-237-2515, TDD for hearing impaired), OSC's employer hotline at 1-800-255-8155 (1-800-237-2515,
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:15A
Two Dead in Fiery Crash
ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOX)- The two people killed when their driver tried to elude police have been identified. 19 year old Darshay Brandon and 31 year old DeJesus Stuart were in a vehicle that police tried to pull-over for a traffic violation.
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:15A
Call me: State bans texting while driving
More than 5000 people were killed and 448000 were injured because of distracted driving. Sgt. David Tilley with the Plano Police Department said there were both good and bad points to the law. "I think it is a good law and necessary," he said.
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:14A
Opinion: Compassion clubs form group to push for better regulation
An Ontario court recently struck down the anti-cannabis criminal law because the medical program is so flawed. In the eyes of the judge, it is unconstitutional for the government to enforce a criminal prohibition without providing appropriate access to
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:14A
US DOT shuts down Sky Express bus company after fatal crash
The deaths on Tuesday come about two and a half months after a horrific New York City accident that focused attention on bus safety. In that March 12 crash, a speeding bus returning to Chinatown from a Connecticut casino toppled off an elevated highway
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:14A
Plovers hatching on Cape beaches
A pair of piping plover chicks forage for food along the wrack line in Hyannis on Tuesday. Portions of beaches across the Cape and Islands are being closed to over-sand vehicle traffic to protect the endangered shorebirds.Cape Cod Times/Steve Heaslip
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:13A
Japan underestimated tsunami threat
The report also said that at nuclear plants "simple effective robust equipment should be available to restore essential safety functions in a timely way for severe accident conditions". The IAEA mission also said that the independence of nuclear
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:13A
Real estate market is house of cards
"But when we get bad news nationally, people take notice and cut back on spending and buying homes." Home prices in big metro areas have sunk to their lowest since 2002, the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city monthly index showed Tuesday.
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:13A
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