Illegal immigration foes say memo hints at back-door amnesty plan
by F. Brendan Wilkerson and Maggie Hyde, Medill News Service on 08/25/10
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Injured soldiers find sense of purpose
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New autism research aims to determine a cause
New research hopes to determine what causes autism - whether it's genetic or due to outside influences, or both. While mothers of autistic children support the research, they disagree on whether autism should be "cured." Full Story
The silent threat facing oceans
There’s a looming threat to our oceans – and it’s not from an oil spill or melting ice caps: It's ocean acidification. Full Story
One year, 400 photos
— an intern’s life at The New York Times
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Luke Sharrett is just 21, but he's already had hundreds of photographs published in The New York Times. Full Story
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