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Border Patrol and Mexican Police Make History at Arizona Border

By ProPublica on February 23, 2010

Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica – February 18, 2010
NOGALES, ARIZ. — In a politically sensitive operation at the Arizona-Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican federal police officers are training together, sharing intelligence and coordinating patrols for the first time.
The goal of the historic partnership: a systematic joint attack on northbound flows of drugs and migrants, [...]

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In Flu Pandemic, Florida’s Hospitals May Exclude Certain Patients

By ProPublica on November 14, 2009

by Sheri Fink, ProPublica – October 16, 2009 6:44 pm EST
Florida health officials are drawing up guidelines that recommend barring patients with incurable cancer, end-stage multiple sclerosis and other conditions from being admitted to hospitals if the state is overwhelmed by flu cases. More

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With Few Strong Cases, Government Rushes Toward Plea Deals for Guantanamo Detainees

By ProPublica on November 13, 2009

by Dafna Linzer, ProPublica – November 13, 2009
As the United States moves to prosecute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others [1] accused of being conspirators behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, federal and military prosecutors are racing each other to strike plea deals with at least a dozen additional Guantanamo detainees whose testimony could be [...]

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