7-year-old girl’s query puts Michelle Obama in a spot

WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, was put in an embarrassing position when a seven-year-old girl asked whether her mother would be deported for being an illegal immigrant. Authorities later said that the girl’s mother won’t be deported.

Michelle was on a visit with Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala to the New Hampshire … Read more >>.

Md. girl who told first lady her mom ‘doesn’t have papers’ wants to visit White House

First lady’s questioner wants White House visit
SILVER SPRING, Md. – A second-grader who sprung a question on first lady Michelle Obama about immigration said Thursday she’d like to visit the White House.
The 7-year-old put a human face on the issue Wednesday when she told the first lady during an elementary school visit that …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Md. girl who told first lady her mom ‘doesn’t have papers’ wants to visit White House.

Procter & Gamble’s Dry Max efforts include mommy bloggers, phone lines

P&G steps up Dry Max campaign
PROTECTING PAMPERS: Among other efforts to fight spreading online criticism of its newest version of Pampers, called Dry Max, Procter & Gamble Co. brought in four “mommy bloggers” Thursday. The criticism has triggered a federal safety probe and a lawsuit.

PROTECTING REVENUE: Pampers, P&G’s top-selling product, account for about 10 percent … Read : Procter & Gamble’s Dry Max efforts include mommy bloggers, phone lines.

ICE not pursuing family of Md. girl who told first lady her mom ‘doesn’t have papers’

Feds not pursuing after girl says mom lacks papers

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A Department of Homeland Security official says federal immigration authorities are not pursuing the family of a Maryland girl who told first lady Michelle Obama that her mother “doesn’t have papers.”
DHS spokesman Matt Chandler said in an e-mailed statement Thursday that Immigration and Customs … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : ICE not pursuing family of Md. girl who told first lady her mom ‘doesn’t have papers’.

LA judge orders trial to determine guardianship for children of TV producer and slain wife

Trial set over children of TV producer, slain wife

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles judge has ordered a trial to determine whether the sister or the in-laws of a “Survivor” producer’s wife who was found slain in Mexico will be named guardian of the couple’s two young children.
At a hearing Thursday, the judge in the …. Original source  : LA judge orders trial to determine guardianship for children of TV producer and slain wife.

Jose Canseco’s appearance before grand jury investigating Roger Clemens now set for June 3

Canseco to appear before Clemens grand jury June 3

WASHINGTON – Jose Canseco’s appearance before the grand jury investigating Roger Clemens is now scheduled for June 3.
Canseco will testify before the panel that will decide whether to indict Clemens for lying under oath to Congress.
Canseco was originally scheduled to testify in April, then it was pushed …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

How AP-Univision poll on immigration was conducted

How immigration poll was conducted
The Associated Press-Univision Poll on immigration was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from May 7-12. It is based on landline and cell phone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 901 Hispanic adults.

It was conducted as a supplement to this month’s AP-GfK Poll, which was conducted May … Read more >>>.

Caste-based census controversy reaches apex court

NEW DELHI – The controversy over the caste-based census Thursday reached the Supreme Court after a Chennai-based advocate filed a pre-emptive caveat, praying that if the Madras High Court verdict asking the census commissioner to carry out a caste-based census is challenged, he should be afforded an opportunity of being heard.

Advocate R.Krishnamurthy filed the caveat … Original article on : Caste-based census controversy reaches apex court.

Defense lawyer: 2 Mass. men have no connection to Times Square suspect, never heard of him

Lawyer: Mass. men unconnected to Times Sq. suspect

BOSTON – Two Pakistani men arrested in Massachusetts on alleged immigration violations during the investigation into the failed Times Square bomb plot had no connection to the primary suspect and may have been arrested because all three men booked similar travel, the attorney for the two men said.
Attorney … Read more : Defense lawyer: 2 Mass. men have no connection to Times Square suspect, never heard of him.

Supreme Court blames itself for graft in judicial postings

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Thursday said corruption in judicial appointments has assumed cancerous proportions and blamed itself for “soft-pedalling” on the issue and not dealing with it firmly two decades ago.

A vacation bench of the court headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi said: “Soft-pedalling by the apex court, not today, but 20 years ago …. Read the original article  : here.