CAMPO, Calif.—Jim Wood doesn’t think the U.S. government is adequately guarding the border with Mexico here. So he has taken on the job himself. While the federal government fumbles with mishaps and delays in the so-called virtual fence—a network of cameras, sensors and radar that has cost more than $600 million—Mr. Wood is installing [...]
AP - Tens of thousands of immigrants are making their way across the country to the nation’s capital to rally Sunday on immigration reform.[Read more...]
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS, Colo.—Like many Americans, Jon and Laura Hagar are searching for a lender to refinance their home loan. But banks are leery of the Hagars. Their rural Colorado house is made of 17,000 old tires. A niche mortgage mess is brewing in homes made of earth, tires, concrete and trash. Environmentally minded [...]
AP - All the world from the Sydney Opera House to the Empire State Building turned Irish, or at least Irish for the day, as revelers marked St. Patrick’s Day with bagpipes, dancing, emerald lights and green body paint in a flurry of celebration.[Read more...]
CHICAGO—U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel denied a request by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to push back his trial date, saying he has had plenty of time to prepare for his trial. Mr. Blagojevich’s lawyers had asked the judge to delay the trial until Nov. 3, instead of the scheduled date of June 3, [...]
The pending health-care overhaul remains unpopular with a broad swath of the public, but core Democrats the party needs to show up and vote in November are strong backers, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds. View Full Image AFP/Getty Images President Obama speaks about health care Monday in Strongsville, Ohio. The [...]
AP - Cornell University, an Ivy League school known for its spectacular gorges and haunted by a reputation for suicides, took the extraordinary step of posting lookouts on bridges and going door-to-door to check on students after three undergrads plunged to their deaths in the past month.[Read more...]
Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will return to professional golf at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga., in early April, ending a five-month hiatus spurred by revelations of extramarital affairs. View Full Image Associated Press Tiger Woods, after winning the Masters in 2002. “The Masters is where I won my first major and [...]
AP - A Mexican tour bus carrying about 35 people overturned along a southern Texas highway on Tuesday, killing at least two people and injuring an unknown number of others, an official said.[Read more...]
AP - The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live “a life of truth” and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics.[Read more...]
US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant
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Haiti Looks Past Foreign Health Aid
Dems sweeten health bill, set showdown Sunday vote
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Clinton urges Russia to delay Iran’s nuclear plant
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Top Al Qaeda Operative Is Killed
New US-Russia nuclear deal ’soon’
Lawmakers struggle to finish health overhaul bill
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Clinton in Moscow for talks on arms pact, Mideast
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Killings Cast Pall on Mexico Drug Plan
Obama denies crisis with Israel
Health bill gains ground with weekend vote likely
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PM misled Iraq inquiry - Cameron
Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign
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Nigeria leader dissolves cabinet
House leaders joust over use of parliamentary rule
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Mephedrone drug review pledged
Officials: 2 US missile attacks kill 9 in Pakistan
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