The Two-Way
8:21 am
Mon December 12, 2011

Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments On Arizona Immigration Law

Originally published on Mon December 12, 2011 8:27 am

Arizona's controversial immigration law will indeed be getting a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court, it was just announced.

Long expected, the court's decision to weigh in could help settle whether the law — known as SB 1070 for its bill number in the Arizona Senate — encroaches on federal law because, in large part, of its provision that would require the police to determine the immigration status of a person they have detained and whether the suspect is in the country illegally.

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World Cafe
7:30 am
Mon December 12, 2011

The Head And The Heart On World Cafe

Credit Josh Principe / The Billions Corporation
Seattle's The Head and the Heart recently performed on World Cafe.

The Head and the Heart was formed after five twentysomethings met at an open mic night in Seattle.

"None of us knew each other beforehand," recalls singer Josiah Johnson. "I just happened to go to the same open mic. [Jonathan Russell] played some songs and I played some songs, then we started talking and hanging out."

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The Two-Way
7:09 am
Mon December 12, 2011

Here We Go Again: Has Misnamed 'God Particle' Finally Been Found?

Credit ATLAS Experiment/CERN
This is what researchers at the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider expect a Higgs boson to look like. The Higgs boson is the subatomic particle that scientists say gives everything in the universe mass.

The news that scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland will talk Tuesday at 8 a.m. ET about "the status of their searches for the Standard Model Higgs boson" has reignited speculation that they might be about to say they've found the so-called God particle.

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Monkey See
6:57 am
Mon December 12, 2011

Beyblades: A New Spin Puts An Old Toy Back On Top

Credit Mario Tama / Getty Images
The hot holiday gift Beyblades are seen in the FAO Schwarz store in New York City.
The Two-Way
6:39 am
Mon December 12, 2011

Funeral Today For Virginia Tech Officer; Shooter's Family Offers Condolences

Family, friends, students, faculty members and government officials will gather today at 2 p.m. ET in Virginia Tech's Cassell Coliseum to remember campus police officer Deriek Crouse.

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The Two-Way
5:45 am
Mon December 12, 2011

Putin Aide Says Vote Results Will Stand

Saying that "even if you add up all this so-called evidence, it accounts for just over 0.5 percent of the total number of votes," a spokesman for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has told Agence France Presse that the results of last week's parliamentary elections will stand despite public protests over evidence of fraud.

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Latin America
5:18 am
Mon December 12, 2011

Greased Tracks Facilitate Brazilian Train Robbery

The greased tracks forced the train to slow, and then the robbers used a tow truck with a hook to scoop corn out of the freight cars. It's believed they got away with 55 tons of corn which, given the current prices, should be worth thousands of dollars.

The Two-Way
5:15 am
Mon December 12, 2011

Iraqi Leader Says Iran Won't Be Interfering Anymore

As the last U.S. combat troops prepare to leave Iraq, the question of whether neighboring Iran will try to fill any vacuum looms large.

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Around the Nation
5:05 am
Mon December 12, 2011

Mom To Newspaper: I'm Not Dead Yet

A Brookville, Pa., man missed work because he said his mother had died. Her obit was in the local paper. Relatives began calling the paper saying Scott Bennett's mother was very much alive.

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