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U.S. Immigration Policy

Immigration Enforcement Shift Could Spare Thousands from Deportation

The Department of Homeland Security announced last week a sweeping review of deportation cases before immigration courts and the establishment of a nationwide retraining program for enforcement agents and prosecuting attorneys. Both are intended to focus deportations on immigrants who have committed serious crimes or who pose a threat to public safety, rather than a broad category of noncriminal immigrants.
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2012 Election

Romney Holds 27-Point Lead in New Hampshire: Suffolk University Poll

Mitt Romney is still the leader in New Hampshire by a margin of more than 25 points, and he's the only candidate with an approval rating above 50 percent. He and Newt Gingrich are tied in terms of who voters think would do best in a debate against President Barack Obama, and they're also the only candidates whom a majority of voters consider presidential.
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TIMELINE-How Canada tamed its budget crisis

Under pressure from financial markets, Canada eliminated its budget deficit in short order in the 1990s, going from the second worst fiscal performer in the Group of Seven industrialized nations, after Italy, to the top of the pack.
Silver bars

Hecla Mining Backs Full-Year Production Outlook

Hecla Mining Co. backed its full-year production outlook on Monday despite the suspension of work at its Lucky Friday silver mine in Idaho, where a contractor died in an accident last week.
Occupy Wall Street Protests

Lobby Memo Reveals Attack on Occupy Protestors: Undermine Their Credibility

An intercepted memo from lobbying firm CLGC to the ABA outlines a smear campaign on Occupy Wall Street involving opposition research and negative narratives against both OWS and sympathetic Democrats. The memo (full text) reveals Wall Street anxiety over the 2012 election, and the threat a Tea Party/OWS alliance would pose.
Gold

Mystery Gold Buyers from China, India?

World Gold Council's third-quarter demand report showed central bank buying going far above most analysts estimates. Analysis shows the mystery buyers to be China or India.
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Ready Pac Bagged Salad Recalled on E. Coli Fears

Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling 5,379 cases of bagged salad products containing romaine lettuce because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the Irwindale, California, company said.
School Child

More than 1 in 5 U.S. children poor, Census says

The number of children in the United States considered poor rose by 1 million in 2010, the U.S. Census said Thursday, with more than one in five of the youngest Americans now living in poverty.
Richard Branson Slams IAG’s Acquisition of BMI Deal

Branson's Virgin Eyes Mexican Phone Market

Richard Branson's Virgin group has got the green light to tap mobile phone services in Mexico, a market with high penetration that would require big money to attract customers and build brand recognition.
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Branson's Virgin eyes Mexican phone market

Richard Branson's Virgin group has got the green light to tap mobile phone services in Mexico, a market with high penetration that would require big money to attract customers and build brand recognition.

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