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Audits of businesses for illegal immigrants rising

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

By MANUEL VALDESAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached its highest number yet of companies audited for illegal immigrants on their payrolls this past fiscal year. Audits of employer I-9 forms increased from 250 in fiscal year 2007 to more than 3,000 in 2012

Ranchers split over US border security plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - When Dan Bell drives through his 35,000-acre cattle ranch, he speaks of the hurdles that the Border Patrol faces in his rolling green hills of oak and mesquite trees - the hours it takes to drive to some places, the wilderness areas that are

Lieberman fears country may go over 'fiscal cliff'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators bickered Sunday over who's to blame for lurching the country toward a year-end "fiscal cliff," bemoaning the lack of a deal days before the deadline but bridging no differences in the debate. With the collapse Thursday of House Speaker John Boehner's plan to allow

Anti-tax conservatives say no to tax-increase deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - In the city where a protest over tax policy sparked a revolution, modern day tea party activists are cheering the recent Republican revolt in Washington that embarrassed House Speaker John Boehner and pushed the country closer to a "fiscal cliff" that

Syria jets kill tens as international envoy visits

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

By BEN HUBBARDAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - A government airstrike Sunday on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed more than 60 people, activists said, casting a pall over a visit by the international envoy charged with negotiating an end to the country's civil war. The strike

SC agency website defaced; personal information OK

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina officials are investigating the defacement of a state agency website, but they stress that the site was not hacked. WLTX-TV reports that an image appeared on the Department of Employment and Workforce website on Saturday evening claiming, "This site was hacked

Don't be fooled by January pay _ higher taxes loom

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 22nd

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Workers probably won't feel the full brunt of next year's tax increases in their January paychecks, but don't be fooled by the temporary reprieve. No matter what Congress does to address the year-end fiscal cliff, it's already

2 bombers target mobile phone firms in Nigeria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 22nd

By SALISU RABIU and YINKA IBUKUNAssociated Press KANO, Nigeria (AP) - Authorities blame a radical Islamist sect for twin suicide car bombings targeting two major mobile phone companies, an official said Saturday, blacking out a top operator's network in most of Nigeria's northern commercial

Highlights from Egypt's draft constitution

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 22nd

By The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's draft constitution, which is being voted on in a referendum Saturday, is made up of an introduction, an 11-part preamble and 236 articles. Critics have raised concerns over issues including Islamic law and women's rights: - Shariah (Islamic) law

Pope pardons ex-butler who stole, leaked documents

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 22nd

By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI granted his former butler a Christmas pardon Saturday, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times. After the