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States with an estimated 100,000 or more permanent residents eligible for citizenship, according to the Department Homeland Security.
Immigrant rights groups have a message for unsympathetic politicians around the country: Change your stand or risk getting voted out of office.
Western Digital Corp. is offering free software to about 1 million consumers to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that its computer hard drives stored less material than promised — a discrepancy stemming from high-tech's different standards for sizing up digital data.
With windows tinted charcoal black and a hint of new-car smell lingering inside, the Chevy Suburban with California plates nearly made it through a border inspection booth. Then a customs officer spotted something behind the back seats.
The nation's mail carriers collected nearly 70.5 million pounds of food in their annual charity drive last month.
A 23-year-old man faces capital murder charges in a shooting at a McDonald's drive-through that killed two men and wounded a third, police said Friday.
A police chase of a suspected carjacker ended abruptly when the suspect took a wrong turn: into a Burger King drive-thru.

The government is teaching citizens "the right way to spit." A college is showing students the right way to sit. Two years ahead of hosting the Olympic Games, people across Beijing are on an all-out drive to mind their manners.
The government is teaching citizens "the right way to spit." A college is showing students the right way to sit. Two years ahead of hosting the Olympic Games, people across Beijing are on an all-out drive to mind their manners.
The mini-mall, with its spot-lit, air-conditioned interior filled with fashion boutiques, was a gleaming example of the new India — an emerging economic powerhouse in tune with global culture. Now it lies in ruins — a heap of twisted metal, smashed stones and shattered mirrors. Police and bulldozers advanced on the mall Friday, removing tearful fashion designers protesting outside.

Blu-ray and HD DVD Hacked Already There's a hole in the copyright protection for Blu-ray and HD DVD movies that you could drive a truck through. The funny thing is, it's an alarmingly easy and obvious hack: Print Screen.
One year ago, Hank Gerbus had his hard drive replaced at a Best Buy store in Cincinnati. Six months ago, he received one of the most disturbing phone calls of his life. "Mr. Gerbus," Gerbus recalls a stranger named Ed telling him. "I just bought your hard drive in Chicago."
When we asked you to volunteer to give up your cars for the daily commute lots of you volunteered. We chose two courageous drivers from Devon to take part. Find out the results of their three day experiment in sustainable transport.
Sure, GDrive and Microsoft Live Drive are coming soon, but what about in the meantime? Here's a list (another world famous Online Apps list) of online storage options:
A USB 2.0 compatible drive measuring 85 x 54 x 3 mm capable of holding 16GB of data
Microsoft is building an online storage service, code named Live Drive, says Ray Ozzie in an interview with Fortune.
Turn your old NES cartridge into a case for your external hard drive!
Now you can turn your USB Flash Drive into a U3 Like Drive and Back Again.
You hear about one of these things every six months or so, some new space-travel drive that's going to bring us to the stars. Let's hope if not this one, another one similar to it will get going and make fast spacetravel common place.
Review of Box.net online storage service and how to get a free Premium Account by creating invite links.
Drivers tempted to ignore a no-entry sign or cross a continuous white line in order to overtake another vehicle when the police don't seem to be around may need to be more cautious in the future.
What's Next? A hard drive that last a life time? NOT!
Sounds (and looks methinks), like something out of a Sci-Fi movie. Anyone up for lunch on Mars and dinner back here?
Seagate has begun shipping its 160GB notebook drive using perpendicular recording technology. The drive, the first in its Momentus family using perpendicular recording, was first announced in June of last year.
Sites all over the web have been carrying stories about the mysterious "z machine." This revolutionary yet theoretical device may one day generate enough power to make a trip to Mars in less than the time it takes to fly to Hawaii from New York.