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...sudden, American Apparel’s popular “Legalize LA” shirts have taken on a whole new significance. In the coming days, the company will fire 1,800 workers whose papers federal authorities deemed illegitimate. Though it is always a tragedy whenever anyone loses his or her job, the criticism over this new policy of firing is unwarranted...
...August, 9.6 percent of the United States labor force was unemployed. If there is ever a good time to fire illegal immigrants, it is during a recession when citizens and documented immigrants are in need of jobs and able to fill any gaps left by undocumented immigrants. In this sense, the Obama administration’s plan will at least benefit Americans who are currently searching for work due to the recession. Although the expertise that many illegal immigrants have acquired during the tenure of their employment cannot immediately be transferred to their legal replacements, many of the jobs affected?...
...Harvard Voice is battling media accusations this week that it launched a targeted campaign to stalk “Harry Potter” actress Emma Watson at the Harvard-Brown football game last Friday—and the student publication is returning fire...
...though, has much at stake in any proceedings, as well. The agency drew plenty of fire for its part in the bungled "Al-Yamamah" probe. (Britain's High Court ruled in 2008 that the SFO had acted unlawfully in scrapping the inquiry, a decision later overturned by the House of Lords.) And the prosecution of BAE for overseas corruption would be only the second such case against a British firm. Building contractor Mabey & Johnson was last month fined $10.5 million for similar offenses dating back to the early 1990s. (Read: "The Gulf: An Exquisite Balancing...
...Java, killing more than 5,000 people. (A day before Padang was jolted, a South Pacific earthquake triggered a tsunami around the Samoan islands and Tonga, killing more than 100 people, but scientists are expressing reservations that the two sets of seismic activity along the so-called Ring of Fire were related...