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AP - The federal government asked an appeals court Friday to halt the Alabama immigration law considered by many the toughest in the U.S., saying it could have dire diplomatic consequences abroad, invites discrimination and merely forces illegal immigrants into neighboring states.

Steve Inskeep talks with NPR's Yuki Noguchi about the latest unemployment data from the federal government.

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If Congress fails to come up with a spending bill to keep the federal government operating next week, and a shutdown occurs, the TSA airport screeners will keep working.

Also reporting to work will be the people who secure the nation's borders.

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A solar panel manufacturer's decision to move its factory to China means the loss of 800 jobs in Massachusetts.

The state gave the company many incentives. But officials say the federal government needs to play a stronger role in keeping manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

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More and more students are unable to repay the aid they get from the federal government. The Department of Education says 7 percent of students defaulted in the most recent period -- the highest number in more than a decade.

But there's another troubling number: Students at for-profit schools are twice as likely to default as students at nonprofits.

You do not get to advocate for other peoples children until they are out of the womb. Period.

The life in the belly of the woman belongs to the woman (and hopefully the father too).

She (they) make the decisions – none are easy – and no person has the right to interfere.

Oklahoma is cruelly trying to affect women’s decisions by making the decision it disagrees with even more painful and difficult.

I hope the federal government puts a stop to it.

Governor Rick Perry is stepping up Texas' border security spending -- something he says is needed because the federal government hasn't done its share.