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By DAN CATERINICCHIA
When gasoline prices first hit $3 a gallon in 2005, irate lawmakers quickly assembled top oil executives for a public grilling. Pump prices are again above $3, yet the outcry from Congress is barely a whimper by comparison - even after this week’s warning from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that oil near […]

When Dog The Bounty Hunter was taped calling his son’s black girlfriend a ‘nigger’, the global shock was palpable - not just because of the hateful language but because most people assumed that Dog The Bounty Hunter was black himself.
It’s true. OK, admittedly Dog The Bounty Hunter is a 15-foot-tall, bleach-blonde mulleted redneck who makes […]

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) — The Social Security
Administration cannot start sending out letters to employers next week
that carry with them more serious penalties for knowingly hiring
illegal immigrants, a federal judge ruled Friday. Ruling on a
lawsuit by the nation’s largest federation of labor unions against the
U.S. government, U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney granted a temporary
restraining […]

By Lornet Turnbull Seattle Times staff reporterFrom the kitchens of swanky Belltown restaurants
to the farm fields of Eastern Washington, a looming federal crackdown
on illegal-immigrant hiring could create widespread workplace
disruptions.

In letters to be mailed starting Tuesday, the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) will warn employers of some 8 million workers nationwide
that they must fire any employee […]