Mar 19th, 2010 · New Mexico high school student Erika DeBenedictis took first place in this year's Intel Science Talent Search. DeBenedictis discusses how she won $100,000 in prize money by designing a software system to guide spacecraft along the most fuel-efficient route to Venus.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Maloney and Cooder were inspired by the story of a group of Irish immigrant soldiers who left the American army to fight for Mexico in the Mexican-American War. The seamless combination of Irish and Mexican folk songs provides for a distinctive listening experience, and has grabbed the attention of both critics and fans.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she will freeze funds for expanding the virtual fence that originally was supposed to monitor most of the U.S. southern border by 2011. It now covers only a portion of Arizona's boundary with Mexico. The announcement came just days before the Government Accountability Office was to issue a report slamming the project.
Mar 16th, 2010 · Technical glitches and delays have put the virtual fence in jeopardy. The fence was supposed to monitor most of the 2,000-mile southern U.S. border by 2011 but now covers only a portion of Arizona's boundary with Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said funds will be frozen until a reassessment of the project can be completed.
Mar 16th, 2010 · Analysts say the deaths of Americans in Juarez last weekend may put more pressure on the Obama administration to act. The U.S. already gives hundreds of millions of dollars to Mexico for its drug fight.
Mar 15th, 2010 · Violence has exploded in Mexico's northeastern border cities, just across the Rio Grande from South Texas, as two drug mafias engage in a vicious new fight for turf. Gunfights have killed dozens of people, and communities up and down the river fear it's just the beginning.
Mar 15th, 2010 · Mexican and U.S. leaders have vowed to track down the gunmen who killed three people, including two U.S. citizens, with ties to the U.S. Consulate in the border town of Juarez. Mexican authorities say they believe the killings are linked to the country's raging drug war.
Mar 14th, 2010 · In the throes of a vicious drug war, Mexico's border city of Juarez — with its endless wave of kidnappings and executions — has become one of the most violent places on earth. The city is shouldering unfathomable sorrow, and its mothers are the most public face of that suffering.