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After the biggest immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of workers have been sentenced but not one company official as yet faces any charges _ something critics say is typical of a federal government that is tough on employees but easy on owners.
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Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, fresh from an Iraq trip with Democrat Barack Obama, said the presidential candidates should focus on the war’s future and stop...
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A 21-year-old woman was attacked by a grizzly bear about 25 yards from an Alaskan lodge.
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The operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins, federal regulators said...
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The Federal Reserve says banks stepped up their borrowing over the past week from its emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms took a pass.
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Air Force officials say three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices earlier this month, triggering an...
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AP, Akron
A man received eight years in prison Thursday for masterminding an $8 million armored-car heist, a crime he said was born of financial desperation.
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An ex-convict has been sentenced to life in prison for the sadistic, 19-hour rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student.
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AP, Price
Federal regulators say the operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins.
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AP, Trenton
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A 21-year-old woman was attacked by a grizzly bear about 25 yards from an Alaskan lodge.
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The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at improving the safety of the nation’s bridges, nearly a year after the deadly collapse of an Interstate...
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One of two men accused of killing four people aboard a fishing charter last year pleaded guilty Thursday in exchange for an agreement that prosecutors will not seek the...
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Tribune Co. is inviting at least three potential buyers who each submitted bids for the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field near or above $1 billion to participate in a...
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain had his own German experience Thursday _ at a restaurant in Ohio. He asserted that he was happy to devote his time this...
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AP, Nashville
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The U.S. military says American soldiers have killed two armed relatives of a provincial governor during a raid against al-Qaida in Iraq.
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AP, Charlotte
Securities regulators from several U.S. states have raided the St. Louis headquarters of Wachovia Securities, which is part of the Charlotte-based bank, Wachovia Corp.
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AP, Nablus
Israeli troops arrested seven Hamas activists Tuesday, including two municipal council members, in a widening crackdown on the Islamic militant group in Nablus,...
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AP, Nablus
Palestinians say Israeli troops have arrested three Hamas council members in a raid on the West Bank city of Nablus.
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AP, Des Moines
Immigration reform advocates and religious leaders hope hundreds of people will descend on a small Iowa town this month for a rally in support of workers arrested in a...
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AP, Des Moines
Two supervisors at an Iowa meatpacking plant that was raided by federal immigration agents in May were arrested and charged with encouraging people to live in the...
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AP, Providence
The leader of the Narragansett Indian tribe was ordered Thursday to perform community service for brawling with state troopers during a police raid on a tribal smoke...
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AP, Fort Worth
The cost of the April raid on a polygamist compound in West Texas is expected to top $14 million, about one-third of it in lawyers’ fees, according to a published...
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AP, Des Moines
Nearly 300 workers arrested last week in an immigration raid at a northeast Iowa meatpacking plant have reached plea deals and face deportation proceedings, authorities...
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AP, Des Moines
The nation’s largest single immigration raid, resulting in nearly 400 arrests earlier this week, violated the constitutional rights of workers at a meatpacking...
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AP, Des Moines
Federal officials say a raid at a northeastern Iowa meat processing plant this week was the largest in U.S. history.
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AP, Postville
Federal immigration agents in northeastern Iowa have arrested at least 300 people in a raid on the world’s largest kosher meatpacking plant.
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AP, Mount Pleasant
Federal agents say their case for a series of workplace raids in five states was strengthened by identity theft victims who recounted stories of plummeting credit...
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AP, Irving
More than 290 people have been arrested in immigration and identity theft raids at Pilgrim’s Pride poultry plants in five states.
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AP, Dallas
Federal immigration agents raided Pilgrim’s Pride poultry plants in five states Wednesday in a crackdown on an alleged scam to provide fake identification for...
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AP, Little Rock
Immigration agents raided a poultry plant in north Arkansas Wednesday morning and made some arrests for suspected immigration violations. Agents also were serving...
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AP, Little Rock
A sheriff in northern Arkansas says federal agents have raided a poultry plant over suspected immigration violations.
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AP, Providence
In a case that pit Rhode Island against its only federally recognized Indian tribe, the chief of the Narragansett and two other members were convicted Friday of...
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AP, Providence
In a case that pit Rhode Island against its only federally recognized Indian tribe, the chief of the Narragansett and two other members were convicted Friday of...
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One of the buildings belonging to the headquarters of Wachovia Securities is seen Thursday, July 17, 2008, in St. Louis. Securities regulators from several U.S. states raided the St. Louis headquarters of Wachovia Securities on Thursday, seeking...
