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Oakland mayor Jean Quan (R) adjusts a camera to take her photo as she registers for the new Oakland Municipal identification card on February 1, 2013 in Oakland, California. Oakland became the first (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Oakland launches municipal ID-debit card

OAKLAND, Calif.—City officials introduced a municipal identification card on February 1 that will double as a debit card. The goal is to help city … Read More

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer sent a memo ordering employees to stop telecommuting.

Opinion: Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer just killed the telecommuting lifestyle buzz

Dear Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Who made you boss of the "No More Working from Home Party?" Who are you, the CEO of a once cutting-edge Silicon Valley … Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court is debating whether to keep the Voting Rights Act.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Voting Rights Law gets Supreme Court challenge

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The most potent weapon in fighting discrimination at the ballot box comes before the Supreme Court in a case that weighs the nation's … Read More

Visitors leaf through books during the International Book Fair in the Zocalo Square, in Mexico City.  (Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images)

Mexicans as reluctant as Americans to leave home

An overwhelming majority of Mexican residents have no desire to move to another country, according to a new Gallup poll. Eleven percent of Mexicans would leave … Read More

Humpback whale breaches water.  (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Telemundo Latin America news roundup – February 26, 2013

The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Authorities are searching for a California couple that went missing while on a cycling trip in Peru. The … Read More

Marco Rubio may be part of bipartisan immigration reform talks but he will not budge on this issue. Lil Wayne is no Tupac. (Courtesy Getty Images)

Rubio: Rapper Lil Wayne isn’t on Tupac’s level

Listen up, Lil Wayne. Florida Senator Marco Rubio has some thoughts on how you stack up compared to legendary West coast rapper Tupac. After Lil Wayne … Read More

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Ohio firefighter who lost foot to injury returns to duty

MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP, OHIO- A Mifflin Township firefighter returned to work Monday for the first day since losing part of his leg and foot in a motorcycle crash … Read More

Detainees walk the line inside Homeland Security's Willacy Detention Center, a facility with 10 giant tents that can house up to 2000 detained illegal immigrants, 10 May 2007 in Raymondville, Texas. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

Immigration detainees released in budget crunch

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A week before mandatory budget cuts go into effect across the government, the Department of Homeland Security has started releasing illegal … Read More

Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa is part of the large swath of immigrant cancer researchers helping to fight cancer in the U.S. (Courtesy Dr. 
Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa)

Study: More than 40 percent of nation’s top cancer researchers are immigrants

With the national spotlight on immigration reform, a new study shines a positive light on the impact immigrants have once in the United States. According to … Read More

Facebook agrees to remove some Newtown pages including Victoria Soto's (Photo from Facebook)

Facebook agrees to remove some Newtown pages including Victoria Soto’s

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Facebook has agreed to remove some so-called tribute pages related to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting over concerns they're … Read More