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Chinese youth applying for deportation deferral at slower-than-expected rate

Some half a million youth have applied for the Obama administration's deferred deportation program, but a million are eligible. Many of the young people who haven't applied are Chinese, which make up the ninth-largest source of eligible immigrants but aren't even in the top 20 of applicants.

Chinese youth applying for deportation deferral at slower-than-expected rate

Attorney General Eric Holder: Change Could Be Coming to U.S. Drug Laws

Attorney General Eric Holder: Change Could Be Coming to U.S. Drug Laws

Special Senate Elections in New Jersey and Massachusetts

Special Senate Elections in New Jersey and Massachusetts

Cuban Dissident Yoani Sanchez Hopes for a Post-Castro Era

Cuban Dissident Yoani Sanchez Hopes for a Post-Castro Era

Hillary Clinton's Legacy: Ambassador to the World?

Hillary Clinton's Legacy: Ambassador to the World?

Obscure U.S. Army program proves popular road for immigrants to gain citizenship

The U.S. Army often needs people who speak a specific language in its ranks. Many of those people though, while living in the United States, aren't U.S. citizens or permanent residents. That's presented a problem for the Army, but one that an innovative program aims to solve.

Obscure U.S. Army program proves popular road for immigrants to gain citizenship

Latino Mormons' history intertwined with Romney family

Mitt Romney often talks about his heritage in Mexico, and his faith in the Mormon Church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has a complicated history in Mexico -- it's growing rapidly today, but more than 100 years ago it was a place Mormons went to avoid a prohibition on polygamy.

Latino Mormons' history intertwined with Romney family

New PBS movie based on journal kept by World War II POW

Paul Loong spent years in a Japanese POW camp during World War II. He kept a journal through it all and his daughter, who found it, recently turned it into a film, "Every Day is a Holiday," set to air on PBS.

New PBS movie based on journal kept by World War II POW

Communist Party political drama unfolds on the Internet for millions of Chinese to see

Never before has such a dramatic power transfer in China unfolded in the Internet era. Making this even more dramatic is controversial news this week that a one-time popular party leader has been suspended from his posts and his wife has been arrested and charged with murder. All this is unfolding on the Internet in China.

Communist Party political drama unfolds on the Internet for millions of Chinese to see

North Pole reindeer in danger of extinction

The Peary caribou and the dolphin union caribous live in the shadow of the North Pole. Changing global climates have the diminutive reindeer on the verge of extinction.

North Pole reindeer in danger of extinction

Would Corporations Feel Effects of Higher Tax Rate?

Would Corporations Feel Effects of Higher Tax Rate?
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Antarctic Dumping Grounds

Antarctic Dumping Grounds