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Macias and two colleagues are members of Grupo Beta, a federal unit set up to protect U.S.-bound migrants from bandits and warn them of dangers north of the fence. The officers can't arrest the youths for trying to cross into the U.S.; that's no crime in Mexico...
In our defense, opportunities for disgraceful behavior were limited by circumstances beyond our control. There weren't any shooting wars to slither out of. The term recreational drugs--a term that was invented to make what privileged people do sound less depraved than it would if it were done by...
DIED. W. ARTHUR GARRITY JR., 79, the federal judge who in 1974 triggered riots and "white flight" by ordering the desegregation, by student busing, of Boston schools; in Wellesley, Mass.
ROLL IT OVER! Last year 57% of job-hoppers chose to cash out their 401(k)s rather than roll the balance over to a new account, according to a Hewitt Associates study. That's a mistake, even if the balance seems too insignificant to roll. Federal and state taxes...
FALSE SECURITY The Federal Trade Commission and six states are nailing companies for bilking consumers out of more than $25 million through worthless credit-card "loss-protection" programs. Federal law already limits consumer loss due to unauthorized charges to $50, but telemarketers are talking up computer hackers and Y2K glitches...