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'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies

Sep 03, 2010While a recent Pew Hispanic Center study shows 8 percent of the 4.3 million babies born in the U.S. in 2008 had at least one illegal parent, most children of illegal immigrants are born to parents who have made the United States their home for years.

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Stocks extend September rally after jobs report

Sep 03, 2010The stock market is closing out its first winning week in a month after news on the economy started getting better.

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Earl weakens to Category 1, heads for NortheastHurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at New England as a weaker but still dangerous storm. more

Unemployment rate rises as labor force expandsThe unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as weak hiring by private employers wasn't enough to keep pace with a large increase in the number of people looking for work. more

Official: 4 Miami airport concourses evacuatedA bomb squad investigated a report of a suspicious package after police evacuated four of six concourses at Miami International Airport for several hours on the eve of the Labor Day travel period, an airport spokesman said Friday.
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