Word: passport
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...first big step forward was offering XM Passport, a little black cube that is, in essence, an XM subscription to go. With the latest equipment, you can carry the Passport from car to home theater to portable device. Listen wherever you want, and pay just the $13 monthly fee. Announced in January, The Passport is only now creeping into stores. (It will replace XM's current Connect and Play antenna, which also lets you move service from one device to another, albeit with the help of a rather bulky antenna and a long wire...
...another front, XM continues to promote the portable idea. I wasn't nuts about last year's XM2Go mobile device but the latest batch - Pioneer's Inno and Samsung's overdue Helix and Passport-compatible neXus - promise more. They're much smaller, and even the Helix and Inno have built in antennae. You can record swaths of programming from a station, and find it already listed by song title or artist. You can delete songs and station identifications to create a tidy playlist of good music you didn't have to buy. It's yours as long...
RESIGNED. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 36, prominent Somali-born Dutch parliament member and outspoken opponent of Islamic extremism; after officials, citing a TV report detailing Hirsi Ali's misrepresentation of her name and birth date on her 1992 asylum application, declared her passport invalid, despite Hirsi Ali's previous public acknowledgment of the falsifications; in The Hague. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk was widely criticized for her treatment of the women's advocate and forced to back down, but Hirsi Ali, who has endured death threats because of her views, said she planned to leave the Netherlands. She is expected to join...
...crack down on illegal hiring that could affect all Americans. The bill, to be debated this week, authorizes 1,000 new customs officials to focus on investigating forged documentation and toughens rules on what identification must be presented to potential employers. U.S. citizens would have to show a passport or a controversial new-format driver's license featuring a digital photo and containing electronic data; noncitizens, a green card or special work permit. Businesses that knowingly hire illegal workers would face fines of up to $20,000; repeat offenders could get jail time...
...being white, male, and well-off, but the greatest privilege bestowed on me at birth was my U.S. citizenship. Today, a U.S. citizen, ceteris paribus, is worth more than any other citizen on this earth. The easiest way to learn this is to posses both U.S. and Guatemalan passports. My U.S. passport gives me the freedom to travel the entire world with ease, while my Guatemalan passport limits me to Central America. My U.S. passport stopped the shoves of Mexican officials on my trip, and my U.S. passport could have saved me from having my money taken by smugglers. Perhaps...