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Money sent home by Mexicans living abroad jumps 13 pct as peso weakens against the dollar
Associated Press WriterMEXICO CITY (AP) _ Victoria Servin shows off her new pair of black leather boots, a splurge for the 21-year-old student who lives alone in an aging, one-room apartment. Servin survives on the $1,000 a month her mother, a nurse in Phoenix, sends her to...Tags: Demographics, Homes, Illegal Immigrants, Economic Organization, Central Bank
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In Arizona, Napolitano dealt with immigration, disasters and GOP lawmakers
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Ariz. Gov. Janet Napolitano will be the third secretary of the Homeland Security Department if confirmed by the Senate. A former federal prosecutor, state attorney general and twice-elected governor of Arizona, Napolitano brings a well-...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Executive Branch, Laws, John McCain
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Iraq: Key figures since the war began
U.S. TROOP LEVELS: —October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup. —November 2008: 146,000. —Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of Dec. 1, 2008: At least 4,207. —Confirmed U.S. military wounded (hostile) as of Nov. 28, 2008:...Tags: Armed Forces, Defense, International Organizations, Refugee, Freedom of the Press
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Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates on Obama national security team
President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his national security team today, including formally announcing his intention to nominate his onetime rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, as the next secretary of State. Obama...Tags: Eric Holder, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Robert Gates, Executive Branch, John McCain
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2nd FBI informant says Fort Dix plot suspects were training for 'jihad'
Associated Press WriterCAMDEN, N.J. (AP) _ An FBI informant testified Monday at the trial of five men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at the Army's Fort Dix that a trip they took to Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains was intended as training for a holy war. Besnik Bakalli...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Religious Conflicts, Punishment, Assault, Islam
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Informant: Fort Dix suspects trained for 'jihad'
Associated Press WriterAn FBI informant testifying against five men accused of planning to kill soldiers at New Jersey's Fort Dix told jurors Monday that a trip to the Pocono Mountains the men took together was meant as training for a holy war. Besnik Bakalli, a 31-year-old...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Religious Conflicts, Punishment, Assault, Lawyers
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African heritage and an American dream
Barack Obama is often viewed as a singular sensation: a disaffected teen with no family wealth or connections who went on to become president of the Harvard Law Review, a U.S. senator and the first black president of the United States. But if the...Tags: National Government, University of Illinois at Chicago, Barack Obama, University of Chicago, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Sides get set to lobby Barack Obama for immigration policy changes
South Florida Sun-SentinelImmigration rallies are planned. E-mail blasts have started to go out. And advocates have already penned an open letter to president-elect Barack Obama. He is about seven weeks away from taking office, but advocates on all sides of the immigration...Tags: National Government, Illegal Immigrants, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Palm Beach Gardens
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LETTERS
Don't forget Viloria-Fisher I read with interest Joye Brown's column "5 reasons LI can find healing" [News, Nov. 23], regarding optimism about Long Island's future in the aftermath of the Marcelo Lucero killing and was struck by the omission of Suffolk...Tags: Terrorism, Stony Brook University, Labor Legislation, State University of New York, Local Elections
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Viewpoint: A new trio for our times
The era of dumb, dissed and dysfunctional government may be ending. Cynicism, cronyism and conventional political wisdom are threatened as a new, transnational political culture of idealism, activism, and potential multi-partisan cooperation dawns....Tags: National Government, Yale University, Nicolas Sarkozy, Barack Obama, Globalization
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Lifetime, no see
Neither man had a clue what to expect that morning last March as they stood toe-to-toe, 42 stories above the city.
The men were guarded yet friendly, as they sized each other up, trying to decide whether to shake hands or hug. After all, they were...Tags: Goodman Theatre, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Religious Conflicts, Music Theater, Lawyers
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Police: Boss assaulted day laborer late for work
mark.harrington@newsday.comA day laborer from Riverhead got a fractured nose at the hands of his boss, a Shirley contractor, because he showed up late for work, Suffolk police said. The contractor, Thomas Maher, 32, surrendered at the Seventh Precinct in Shirley Wednesday night...Tags: Law Enforcement, Riverhead (Riverhead, New York), Assault, Thomas Spota, North Fork
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