Fronteras
9:34 am
Fri December 9, 2011

Attorney General Holder Won’t Resign Over Gun-Walking Program

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U.S Attorney General Eric Holder told the House Judiciary Committee that the federal gunwalking program Fast and Furious was an unacceptable law enforcement tactic. But as Michel Marizco from the Fronteras Changing America Desk reports, Holder also suggested Congress needs to move forward.

Fronteras
9:28 am
Fri December 9, 2011

Visa Waiver Security Questioned

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President Obama supports expanding a program that allows certain foreigners to come to the US without a visa. But as Hernan Rozemberg reports from the Fronteras Changing America Desk, a new congressional report concludes that may not be such a good idea.

Fronteras
9:13 am
Fri December 9, 2011

Report: Border Fence A Waste of Money

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A new report from the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General says 69 million dollars of taxpayers' money meant for border fence construction has been wasted. From the Fronteras Changing America Desk, Ruxandra Guidi has the story.

Fronteras
9:03 am
Fri December 9, 2011

ACLU Sues Over Assaults of Detained Immigrants

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The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the federal government and a private prison company after a transgendered immigrant was allegedly assaulted while in custody in Arizona. Michel Marizco reports from the Fronteras Changing America Desk.

Economy
8:35 am
Fri December 9, 2011

Trade Deficit Shrinks For Fourth Straight Month

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in October to its lowest point of the year as Americans bought fewer foreign cars and imported less oil. Exports of American-made autos also fell.

The Two-Way
8:20 am
Fri December 9, 2011

Virginia Tech: Same Gun Killed Officer And Suspect

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A student paused Thursday evening at the memorial for the victims of the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech. There was another vigil last night, following Thursday's killing of a campus police officer.

Originally published on Fri December 9, 2011 4:39 pm

Virginia State Police and other officials briefed reporters this morning about Thursday's shooting on the campus at Virginia Tech, in which a campus police officer was killed and the suspect apparently later shot himself and died. We updated as it happened and put those posts in chronological order after the briefing was over.

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Shots - Health Blog
7:56 am
Fri December 9, 2011

With Doubts, FDA Panel Votes For Yaz And Related Contaceptives

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Katie Anderson, shown with her mother, Beth, in 2010, suffered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. Her symptoms started within a month of taking the birth control pill Yaz.

Doubts have been growing about Yasmin, Yaz and their sister contraceptives for several years now. And those doubts reached full flower at a Food Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday.

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The Two-Way
7:48 am
Fri December 9, 2011

Missing Ex-FBI Agent's Family To Captors: 'Tell Us Your Demands'

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Robert Levinson, in the video his family received from the retired FBI-agent's captors.
The Two-Way
6:20 am
Fri December 9, 2011

'Inferno' At Hospital In India Kills Scores, Staff Accused Of Running

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A grieving woman at the scene of today's fire in Kolkata.

Horrific news from Kolkata, India:

"A basement fire sent flames and smoke coursing through a seven-story Indian hospital Friday, killing 73 people," The Associated Press reports, "and officials accused hospital staff of abandoning many patients to die of suffocation."

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