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• Appeals court rejects town's immigration law
  Sep 10, 2010 — The Boston Globe
  A companion measure required prospective tenants to register with City Hall.Mayor Lou Barletta had pushed the measures in 2006 after two illegal immigrants were charged in a fatal shooting.
• Berlin Journal: Chinese Food, the Wines of Germany, and a Debate
  Sep 10, 2010 — New York Times
  Not just any wine, but German wine.Mr. Wu gave his son two names — Martin and a Chinese name, Tao. Sarrazin’s book. “With Mr.
• Court strikes down city's immigration law
  Sep 10, 2010 — CNN
  In 2006, Hazleton passed the Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance, which would have fined landlords who rented to undocumented immigrants and would have penalized companies that employed them. Under another law, tenants would have had to prove they were citizens or lawful residents, register with the city and pay for a rental permit in order to receive an occupancy permit. The ordinances were copied by other cities.
• Oil Climbs to Near $76 on Economic Indicators
  Sep 10, 2010 — New York Times
  That helped push U.S. stock prices up Thursday. Analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., expected a drop of 730,000 barrels.
• German Plan to Integrate Immigrants Focuses on Schools
  Sep 9, 2010 — New York Times
  Sarrazin was “a free man” who “can publish whatever he wants in a free country.”Mr.
• Oil Prices Up on Jobless and Crude Supply Reports
  Sep 9, 2010 — New York Times
  Crude rose 58 cents to settle at $74.67 on Wednesday.Gas pump prices were virtually unchanged at a national average of $2.68 for a gallon of unleaded regular. Analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., expected a drop of 730,000 barrels. The amount of gas in storage is now 5.5 percent above the five-year average.
• A window for immigration reform
  Sep 8, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
  Also, the number of people apprehended at the border is down dramatically, and furthermore, an estimated 1 million illegal immigrants have left the country. Arizona, Colorado and Utah saw a combined decline of 130,000 illegal immigrants. Despite fewer arrivals, 11 million illegal immigrants remain in the United States, and reform is crucial.
• Gasoline prices expected to slide
  Sep 8, 2010 — The Boston Globe
  ...see gas prices slide again after they spent a little more to fill their tanks over the Labor Day weekend.The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.682 yesterday, according to AAA, Wright Express (NYSE:WXS) , and Oil Price Information Service. That's 0.5 cent higher than a week ago and 9.9 cents higher than a year ago.Drivers in the West, Illinois, and New York state saw the highest prices over the weekend, ranging from $2.794 to $3.525 a gallon. Analysts expect...
• Latino Republican walking a tightrope in Nevada race
  Sep 8, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
  Several states, including Nevada, Colorado and Arizona, have grown more competitive in presidential elections as the Latino population swelled. A majority of Latinos initially supported the initiative. Latinos are about 12 percent of the electorate.Sandoval has taken to the Spanish-language airwaves to trumpet the historic nature of his candidacy.
• Study: Tweaking 14th Amendment would increase illegal immigration
  Sep 8, 2010 — Politico
  ... Under that scenario, the illegal immigration population would expand to about 16 million, the MPI report said. But if changes to the law deny birthright citizenship to children with illegal immigrant mothers, then the unauthorized population would be about 19 million by 2050. And if the law is restricted to children with an undocumented mother or father, the unauthorized population would swell to 24 million during that same period. The illegal immigration...