(15 stories) Illegal students face obstacles even after college

US News - News October 2, 2011 See US News Weather Illegal students face obstacles even after college (News10) Supporters of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants say Rhode Island's recent adoption of that policy will help students get the kind of advanced education they need to succeed in the work force. Gas Boom Means Little Space For Flood Victims (OfficialWire) Pennsylvania residents who lost their homes to Tropical Storm Lee more than three weeks ago are having a tough time finding affordable housing, or any housing at all, because workers in the area's natural gas drilling boom have filled nearly every room. Cheney: Obama Owes Bush Administration Apology (TurnTo23) Former Vice President Dick Cheney praised the Obama administration Sunday for using a drone strike to kill American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, but said President Barack Obama should now apologize for criticizing former President George W. Bush's actions against suspected terrorists. Nevada's turn; spotlight turns here this month (KTNV-TV Las Vegas) While Iowa and New Hampshire get the bulk of their attention, Republican presidential candidates are starting to step up their activity in the state that votes next in the string of nominating contests and whose caucuses could scramble the GOP race. Al Qaeda bombmaker who blew up own brother killed in U.S. attack (nydailynews) Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, believed to have been behind the attempt to take down a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day 2009, was killed in Yemen, officials say.A notorious Al Qaeda explosives expert who turned his own brother into a human bomb was among those killed in a successful U.S. terrorist strike in Yemen. Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri - whose fingerprints were found on the deadly device concocted for the 2009 "Underwear Bomber" - was the key bombmaker for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Military chaplains can perform gay marriages (nydailynews) Less than two weeks after the military shed its controversial " Don't Ask Don't Tell " policy, the Pentagon said military chaplains can preside over same-sex marriages on military institutions. What Would Keynes Do? (thenation) After the Obama stimulus seemed to fail, a Washington Post headline gibed: John Maynard Keynes, the GOP's Latest Whipping Boy. Charles Koch to Friedrich Hayek: Use Social Security (thenation) There's right-wing hypocrisy, and then there's this: Charles Koch, billionaire patron of free-market libertarianism, privately championed the benefits of Social Security to Friedrich Hayek, the leading laissez-faire economist of the twentieth century. Where Is the Judicial Branch on Targeted Killings? (theatlantic) More Andrew Cohen is a Murrow Award-winning legal analyst and commentator. He covers legal events and issues for CBS Radio News and its hundreds of affiliates around the country and is a frequent contributor to the op-ed pages of the nation's leading newspapers and online sites. Will the Fed's Other New Policy Encourage Risky Mortgages? (theatlantic) By now, you've probably already heard about the Federal Reserve's " Operation Twist ." That's the program through which the central bank hopes to push down longer-term interest rates. Why Congress Is So Dysfunctional (huffingtonpost) The legislative branch of the world's most powerful nation is now widely scorned as it lurches from one near-catastrophe to the next, even on supposedly routine matters such as setting an annual budget and keeping government offices open. Senator Lugar on Tea Party primary challenge in 2012 (csmonitor) Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana sits down for a conversation with reporters at a Monitor-hosted Breakfast to discuss the relations between the GOP and the Tea Party in January 2011. Perry says he is Republicans' best contrast to Obama (reuters) Texas Governor Rick Perry, reeling from recent debate missteps, told voters in New Hampshire on Friday he is the authentic conservative choice for the Republican nomination for president. Pit bulls fatally maul Conn. toddler (upi) Pit bulls attacked and fatally wounded an 18-month-old child in an apartment in West Haven, Conn., authorities said. The attack occurred Friday evening while the child was laying on a blanket on the floor of one room of the third-floor apartment, the New Haven Register reported. The dogs had been in another room but somehow got out. It wasn't clear whether anyone else was in the room when the attack occurred. Bill Clinton: Obama faces same debate from '92 bid (bostonherald) Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the start of his presidential campaign, Bill Clinton on Saturday offered a vigorous defense of President Barack Obama against what he called the same anti-government stances he faced during his campaign and two terms in office. More US News News...

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