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DOJ Investigation In NC Could Expose Workings Of AZ Immigration Law

Illegal immigrants prepare to enter a bus after being processed at Tucson Sector U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) (MintPress) – The highly contested immigration law in Arizona has formally gone into effect, putting into practice legislation that has stoked fears of racial profiling and targeting […]

Joey LeMay
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Illegal immigrants prepare to enter a bus after being processed at Tucson Sector U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

(MintPress) – The highly contested immigration law in Arizona has formally gone into effect, putting into practice legislation that has stoked fears of racial profiling and targeting those based on outward appearance. That scenario has already played itself out over 2,000 miles away from Arizona in North Carolina, where an investigation turned up

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The Economy Is Not Like Your Family

A man checks a stock exchange monitor in Milan, Italy, Monday, May 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) If a family’s debt continues to grow and grow, it usually leads to serious trouble, perhaps including bankruptcy. You hear regularly that the federal government’s debt is rising rapidly and, like a family, it must cut back and […]

John Nordin
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A man checks a stock exchange monitor in Milan, Italy, Monday, May 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

If a family’s debt continues to grow and grow, it usually leads to serious trouble, perhaps including bankruptcy. You hear regularly that the federal government’s debt is rising rapidly and, like a family, it must cut back and live within its means.  Even if the analogy is not used, it seems a near consensus that current federal debt is an

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Occupy Wall Street Trying To Regain Its Momentum As Movement Passes One Year Mark

Protesters fill an intersection during an Occupy Wall Street march, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) (NEW YORK) MintPress — One year after demonstrators took to the streets near Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to protest the growing disparity between rich and poor, Occupy Wall Street-inspired encampments are largely gone, but the problems the […]

Lisa Barron
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Protesters fill an intersection during an Occupy Wall Street march, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — One year after demonstrators took to the streets near Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to protest the growing disparity between rich and poor, Occupy Wall Street-inspired encampments are largely gone, but the problems the movement highlighted still persist, and with just weeks to go before the November elections, the debate over how

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Coverage Of Unrest Ignited By Anti-Muslim Film Lacking, Inciting Further Disruption

Indian Muslim students burn an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest near the American Center in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The students were protesting against an anti-Islam film called “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo) (MintPress) — Reports in the media over the last week have […]

Carissa Wyant
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Indian Muslim students burn an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest near the American Center in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The students were protesting against an anti-Islam film called "Innocence of Muslims" that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo)

(MintPress) — Reports in the media over the last week have stoked the fires of hate and racism, and fanned the flames of political unrest across the world, after an obscure American film called, “Innocence of Muslims” garnered media attention and ignited protests across the Arab world. Last week in Egypt, after Egyptian media erroneously

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Obstacles May Delay Drones’ Access To US Skies

In this Jan. 8, 2009, photo provided by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Department, a small Draganflyer X6 drone is photographed during a test flight in Mesa County, Colo., with a Forward Looking Infared payload. (AP Photo/Mesa County Sheriff’s Unmanned Operations Team) Difficult to resolve safety and security obstacles may prevent the Federal Aviation Administration from […]

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In this Jan. 8, 2009, photo provided by the Mesa County Sheriff's Department, a small Draganflyer X6 drone is photographed during a test flight in Mesa County, Colo., with a Forward Looking Infared payload. (AP Photo/Mesa County Sheriff's Unmanned Operations Team)

Difficult to resolve safety and security obstacles may prevent the Federal Aviation Administration from meeting a deadline to allow civilian drones routine access to U.S. skies within three years, according to a report released Tuesday by a government watchdog. The FAA is under pressure from Congress, industry and other government agencies to

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Arizona Immigration Law Spurs Education Campaign

In this July 29, 2010 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies, left, check the shoes of a suspect arrested during a crime suppression sweep in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) An education campaign for illegal immigrants to remain largely silent when they’re pulled over by police is being put into practice in Arizona after […]

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In this July 29, 2010 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies, left, check the shoes of a suspect arrested during a crime suppression sweep in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

An education campaign for illegal immigrants to remain largely silent when they're pulled over by police is being put into practice in Arizona after a federal judge ruled that the most contentious part of the state's immigration law can take effect. Natally Cruz and Leticia Ramirez have been telling immigrants who are in the United States

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