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Traci Hong understands the frustrations and ambitions of immigrants. Hong, an immigration advocate who herself emigrated as a child from South Korea, says proposals to make English the official language are misguided.

A decade after the Welfare Reform Act gave states grants to run their own anti-poverty programs, many can cite much progress in moving people from welfare to the workforce. None more than Wyoming. But there are concerns about the working poor.

Motorcycle Week in Laconia, N.H., brings thousands of bikers to town. And many have a hankering for a special memento to remind them of the trip. Shannon Mullen visits some of the temporary tattoo shops that have been set up to sell souvenirs that are anything but temporary.

President Bush recently warned against the "harsh, ugly rhetoric" in the debate over immigration. Author Juan Enriquez says the brutal language being used in that debate threatens to tear the country apart.

Shanghai was once home to thousands of Jews, serving as a refuge during World War II. Now a new Jewish center has opened, the first in China in 50 years, amid efforts to preserve the city's Jewish history.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki meets with President Bush at the White House. They are expected to discuss the ongoing crisis in Lebanon, and the continuing sectarian violence in Iraq.

According to the FBI, violent crime in the United States is on the rise. Last year saw the biggest jump since the early 1990s. Criminologists say there are many possible reasons, from cutbacks in funding for federal crime-prevention programs to a greater focus on terrorism and a resurgence of gangs.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that regulators may have misinterpreted the federal Clean Water Act when they refused to allow two Michigan men to build on wetlands they own. The 5-4 decision came after debate over whether government can extend protection for wetlands miles away from waterways.

The U.S. military is making a fresh attempt to take control of Ramadi, Iraq's largest Sunni Arab city. Philip Reeves has been on patrol with U.S. forces in Ramadi, Iraq, a stronghold of the Iraqi insurgency. The Marines now control the center of the town, but not much else.

Tech industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to block a Texas law barring social media companies from removing posts or banning users based on political viewpoints