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NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to unveil an information-sharing program next month to give local law enforcement access to federal immigration data. Robert Mocny, acting director of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program, said Homeland Security and the FBI are working to …

LONG BEACH, Miss. – Hurricane Katrina left only concrete slabs where houses once stood on blocks and blocks of beachfront streets in Long Beach on U.S. 90, just west of the storm-battered Mississippi Gulf casinos now staging a comeback. “Seems like two months ago,” Long Beach Mayor Billy Skellie said. …

ST. LOUIS – Fresh evidence shows that high energy prices and sagging home values are pinching the main driver of the U.S. economy — the Average Joe’s wallet. Retailers and economists say many Americans are waiting to buy big-ticket items and cutting back on frills. Homeowners are shelving plans to …