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Creating a commonsense immigration process, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Sister Simone Campbell of NETWORK's Nuns on the Bus write in a Tallahassee Democrat Op-Ed, "Is fundamentally about protecting family values and defending the dignity of workers."

A Utah woman gave birth to premature twins in a minivan beside Interstate 80, then had to struggle to revive one of the babies, born breeched and still inside his amniotic sac.Lynette Hales, just 30 weeks pregnant, started having contractions Sunday in a hotel room in the tiny tourist town of Wendover, Nev., and the nearest hospital was more than hour away, NBC affiliate KSL-TV of Salt Lake City r...    

The FBI has appealed for help in finding Armando Torres III, a U.S. Marine who was kidnapped in Mexico along with his father and uncle.In a statement on its website, the FBI said Torres had gone just across the border to visit his father’s ranch in La Barranca, Tamaulipas, on May 14, when he was abducted.His father Armando Torres II and uncle Salvador Torres, both Mexican citizens, were also taken...    

CAIRO - The son of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was among 16 Americans sentenced to jail in absentia by a court in Egypt Tuesday, part of a diplomatic dispute over the activities and funding of U.S.-backed pro-democracy groups.Sam LaHood was given a five-year sentence and fined 1,000 Egyptian pounds ($143).He is among 43 U.S. citizens and others to face trial over what Egypt called ...