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WASHINGTON -- The cost of getting a passport will hit US$100 starting Friday. The increase is one of a series of changes this week that affect U.S. citizens traveling outside the country. Saying it needs more money 'to cover the cost of providing ...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. - Some lawmakers in Long Island's Suffolk County want to force construction companies to prove their workers are legally eligible to work in the United States. State Association of Counties Executive Director Stephen Acquario says it's ...

(IsraelNN.com) The success of Hamas terrorists in destroying the barrier at the Rafiah border last week has undermined the Bush administration strategy of isolating the terrorist organization, according to Middle East analysts interviewed by Reuters News ...

Some businesses and lawmakers are worried that new identification requirements going into effect Thursday at the borders with Canada and Mexico could create widespread confusion and delays and discourage some people from making the trip. Americans and ...

Unisys to provide US land borders with ANPR system with integrated document validity confirmation and RFID passport reader. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has awarded Unisys a task order to provide ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexican officials have extradited a border agent from Texas accused of accepting bribes to allow drugs through a checkpoint. Arturo Arzate Jr., a 21-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, was originally arrested in 2006 on charges of ...

A U.S. appeals court has rejected a final appeal challenging the deportation order of an accused Nazi death camp guard. John Demjanjuk, left, arrives at the federal building in Cleveland in this 28 Feb. 2005 file photoThe Ohio-based U.S. Court of ...

WASHINGTON The problematic language is housed in the $146 billion stimulus package that passed the House Tuesday on a 385-35 vote. The plan would write checks between $300 and $1,200 to eligible taxpayers, hitting about 116 million U.S. households in a ...

- NexCen Brands Inc., expanding its reach into the treats business, is purchasing the Great American Cookie Co. from Mrs. Fields Famous Brands LLC for $93.7 million. Terms call for NexCen, New York, to pay $89 million cash and $4.7 million in common ...

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DETROIT - Some U.S. businesses and legislators are worried that new identification requirements going into effect Thursday at the borders with Canada and Mexico could create widespread confusion and delays and discourage some people from making the trip. ...

Source: Saputo Inc. Montreal, Jan. 29, 2008 - Saputo Inc. announces today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the activities of Alto Dairy Cooperative (Alto), based in Waupun, Wisconsin. This agreement, which has been approved by Alto's ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As an economic slowdown and the subprime mortgage crisis deepen across the United States, Hispanic immigrants are increasingly in danger of losing their jobs and their homes. Both legal and illegal immigrants joined Americans in ...

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Mass. case shed light on illegal plastic surgery network among Brazilians Josh Reynolds / AP Brazillian plastic surgeon Luiz Carlos Ribeiro, 51, left, listens to court interpreter Stephen Sanford, center, during Ribeiro's attempt to plead guilty to the ...

LOS ANGELES Two immigrants have settled a federal lawsuit in which they claimed they were forcibly drugged during failed efforts by U.S. authorities to deport them. Amadou Diouf will receive $50,000, while Raymond Soeoth will get $5,000 and be allowed to ...

AM Jan. 30--The unprecedented 1.4 million surge in U.S. citizenship applicants won't translate into an equal number of new voters come November's presidential election because of a processing backlog. But U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. senators made a last-ditch appeal to the administration Monday, asking security officials to delay plans requiring new documents at the Canada-U.S. border starting Thursday. A bi-partisan coalition of 19 senators sent a letter to ...

PM FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SiloSmashers, a Fairfax-based management and technology consulting firm, announced today that it has been awarded a task order on the Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) schedule to ...

The increase is one of a series of changes this week that affect U.S. citizens traveling outside the country. Saying it needs more money 'to cover the cost of providing efficient and secure passport services,' the U.S. State Department said today that it ...