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2012's 'good news' stories
2012 saw jobs returning to the US, health concerns improve in historic numbers, and more.
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Briefing
Mexico's high-stakes presidential vote: 4 questions answered
The next Mexican president will inherit a country torn by drug violence. Tackling deep-seated democratic and economic challenges is key to progress.
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2012's 'good news' stories
2012 saw jobs returning to the US, health concerns improve in historic numbers, and more.
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Can Mexico's President-elect Peña Nieto and Obama set a new tone?
Peña Nieto travels to Washington today ahead of his inauguration. With Mexico’s growing economy and falling homicide rate, some see an opportunity to bolster US-Mexico ties.
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Briefing
Mexico's high-stakes presidential vote: 4 questions answered
The next Mexican president will inherit a country torn by drug violence. Tackling deep-seated democratic and economic challenges is key to progress.
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Latin America Monitor Hosting the G20, Mexico is 'Greece no more'
Mexico is increasingly speaking as a world leader as it shed its image as the 'Greece of the '80s and '90s,' when it suffered excruciating debt and monetary crises.
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In Afghanistan war, Navy SEALs and special ops playing more central role
Navy SEALs and special operations forces are not being withdrawn from Afghanistan war at the same rate as other forces, meaning their duties in the region will only grow. With the Aug. 6 helicopter shoot-down, the SEALs lost 1 percent of their operational population.
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How much damage did ATF's ill-fated gun-running sting do to war on drugs?
Fast and Furious, the Mexico gun-running sting gone bad, may cost the ATF's acting chief his job. A larger concern is that it may undermine efforts to stop the flow of US guns south.
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Millard South High School: Vice Principal dies after Omaha school shooting
The vice principal to Millard South High School, Vicki Kaspar, died in the hospital from gunshot wounds after the Omaha school shooting earlier Wednesday.
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US Border Patrol shooting (new video) threatens Mexico drug war cooperation
As the US and Mexico arrested 400 people Thursday in a major operation against Mexico's drug war, a new cellphone video emerged of a Mexican teen shot by the US Border Patrol.
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Bagheera kiplingi: A vegetarian spider joins world's Jungle Book
Bagheera Kiplingi, the world's first vegetarian spider, shows how much creatures can change to exploit available resources.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers write about the troop surge in Afghanistan, why newspapers are failing, what school vouchers can do for poor students, and why raising taxes on the rich hurts everyone.
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A surge of Special Forces for Afghanistan likely
Defense officials say it will fill urgent gaps but Special Forces officers are skeptical.
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