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Building Up America: Navajo farm finds formula for success
(CNN) – It's home to breathtaking landscapes, century old traditions and an unemployment rate hovering near 50 percent. But in New Mexico, the Navajo Nation is trying to change that. And they're doing it by taking pride in the products they produce. Our Tom Foreman reports for our ongoing series, "Building Up America."
How much oil is gushing into the Gulf?
(CNN) – The pictures are like a punch in the gut. Huge bands of syrupy crude oil are now snaking through the sensitive wetlands off Louisiana's coast. BP officials insist they're making a "measurable difference" containing the catastrophe. The oil giant is buckling to pressure from Congress, now allowing the world to see its live continuous video feed of the gusher at the bottom of the Gulf.
Steve Wereley is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University. He was one of the first experts to question BP's estimate of 5,000 barrels a day leaking into the Gulf. He joined us on Thursday's American Morning to explain.
Read more: 'Top kill' is BP's new hope to stop oil
CNN exclusive with Baghdad terror chief
(CNN) – They're some of America's "most wanted" – al Qaeda leaders who normally appear only in the shadows on grainy Internet videos or audio recordings. This week, CNN's Fred Pleitgen was the first western TV journalist to interview the recently captured Baghdad commander of al Qaeda in Iraq. As Fred tells us, the Iraqi government made him available to CNN and Arabic language media to highlight the progress it's made fighting terrorism.
Cockpit windshield cracks, window heaters may be at fault
(CNN) – "Fire in the cockpit!" It's fair to say that's one thing you don't want to hear at 30,000 feet, but that's just what happened on a United flight last weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration is speeding up an order requiring airlines to inspect windshield heaters on Boeing jets after the incident Sunday night. Our homeland security correspondent Jeanne Meserve has the report.
Searching for signs of oil along Gulf Coast
(CNN) – The scope of the damage to the Gulf Coast shores could be widening. East of Louisiana's prized wetlands, on the beaches of Mississippi, there's been a disturbing find. Tar balls are washing up and that's making a lot of people nervous. Our Rob Marciano has the report.
Read more: Senator wants oil $$; oil hits wetlands
Gut Check: Illegal immigrants responsible for crime?
By Carol Costello and Ronni Berke, CNN
(CNN) – Politicians and some police say Arizona's tough, new immigration law is desperately needed to stop a wave of violent crime committed by illegal immigrants "pouring over the border." Critics say this kind of talk is an excuse to use racial profiling to lock up people who are less likely to commit crimes than American citizens.
In Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio is all about finding and arresting illegal immigrants. According to his Web site, his deputies have questioned, arrested or detained more than 38,000 of them to date. Three weeks ago, Arpaio said, “Right now and in this area, we have 100 people in jail right now charged with murder that are here illegally.”
It's a scary number for those living in a state bordering Mexico, a country with a violent drug cartel problem. But, critics say, while some illegal immigrants do commit violent crime, Arpaio's assertion that they are terrorizing Arizona en masse is simply false.
“When we look at the data, when we look at the real numbers, we find that those claims are wildly exaggerated, if not outright untrue,” says Professor David Harris of the University of Pittsburgh Law School.
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