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U.S. plans for violence
along Mexican border
Military force is last resort in dealing with drug wars, a Homeland Security official says. Full story | Video
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U.S. plans for violence
Will Mexico turn into Afghanistan?
Political analyst Pat Buchanan: After all U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Korea have come home, there will be a U.S. army on the Mexican border. Full story
Mexico under siege
Images: The death toll is spiraling throughout Mexico as a war between the country's government and the drug cartels intensifies.
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Madoff pleads guilty, sent directly to jail
Disgraced investor jailed until sentencing, says ‘deeply sorry,’ ‘ashamed’. Full story
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Galveston still trying to rebuild after Ike
Good news has been in short supply since Hurricane Ike laid waste to much of this island beach town six months ago Friday.
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No charges for Minn. ex-wrestler for attack
No charges will be filed against an elderly former pro wrestling champion in the death of a fellow dementia patient whom he attacked, prosecutors said Thursday.
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California counts up its warming costs
From flooded coastlines to drought and wildfires, California can expect hundreds of billions of dollars in costs from global warming in the decades ahead, the state's climate task force was told.
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Feds: Couple sold drone controls to China
A Walter Reed Army Medical Center worker and his wife were charged Thursday with conspiring to sell sensitive technology to China.
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11 soldiers discharged for being openly gay
The Army fired 11 soldiers in January for violating the military's policy that gay service members must keep their sexuality hidden, according to a Virginia congressman.
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Caution out on South's 'Immigrant Highway'
A new wave of immigrants into the United States has bypassed traditional destinations such as New York and Los Angeles in favor of the South, bringing rapid change to some cities.
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Pope admits sadness over Catholic 'hostility'
Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged Vatican mistakes over a Holocaust-denying bishop and his efforts to reach out to ultraconservatives.
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Teen gives away thousands in cash he found
A 16-year-old Minnesota boy has given away thousands of dollars to fellow students and a school aide. The bag full of money he found was apparently tossed by a drug dealer.
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4-day school week gains momentum
With U.S. school districts strapped for cash, more are considering a schedule that delights students and makes working parents cringe: Class only four days a week.
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