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Deal Pending on Immigration Reform
Will a guest-worker program for unskilled laborers kill a Senate deal on immigration reform or will it be border security, a "path to citizenship" or some other obstacle?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenJust as Senators of both parties were announcing that "comprehensive immigration reform" was finally a done deal, it turned out that it might not be after all. Will a guest-worker program for unskilled immigrants kill it again, or will it be border security, a "path to citizenship" or one of the other complications that have scuttled it in the past? Also, the Arapahoe County DA seeks the death penalty in the James Holmes case. On Reporters Notebook, is ADHD over-diagnosed and over-medicated?
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3 storiesDA Seeks Death Penalty in James Holmes Case
"Justice is death." That's what the District Attorney of Arapahoe County, Colorado told a judge today in the case of James Holmes, who accused of killing 12 people and injuring dozens more last July during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises. Megan Verlee reports for Colorado Public Radio.
Read the story8 minThe Road to Immigration Reform: Rough as Ever
When Congress took off for the two-week Easter recess, the so-called "Gang of Eight" Senators had not finished their work on immigration reform. So the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce took up what some called the only remaining issue, a guest-worker program for unskilled immigrants, which scuttled George Bush's effort six years ago.
Read the story33 minThe Rise of ADHD
There's growing concern among some doctors that Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder is over diagnosed and over prescribed by as much as 50 percent over the past ten years. When kids really have that condition, drugs can improve their lives drastically. But the same drugs can also produce addiction, anxiety and even psychosis.
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