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Rep. Darrell E. Issa, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, says all 14 people named for sanctions or disciplinary action in a report on the gunrunning operation Fast and Furious “should find new occupations.” (Associated Press)

Issa: More officials need to lose jobs in gunrunning

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. speaks July 26, 2012, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Management failures cited in ‘Fast and Furious’ report

By Jerry Seper and Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Seized weapons are displayed at a news conference in Phoenix in January. Weapons like these, which were walked into Mexico, are at the heart of the Fast and Furious investigation under way on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Justice Dept. blamed in ‘Fast and Furious’ gun-trafficking operation

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Mexican army soldiers guard an entrance to the prison in the city of Piedras Negras, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Federal police units and Mexican troops, including 70 members of an elite military special forces unit, are searching for inmates who fled the prison in this city across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas. They escaped allegedly through a tunnel 21 feet long and 4 feet in diameter on on Monday Sept. 17 and then cut their way through a chain link barrier and escaped onto a neighboring property. (AP Photo/Adriana Alvarado)

132 prison inmates escape near U.S.-Mexico border

By Oscar Villalba - Associated Press

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Head of Mexican drug cartel arrested in port city

By Adriana Gomez Licon and Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

**FILE** Illegal immigrants prepare to enter a bus after being processed at the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector headquarters on Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)

Border Patrol halts Mexico flights

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2012, file photo, United States' Clint Dempsey, left, scores against Guatemala during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Guatemala City. Dempsey hasn't played in a competitive game since June, a streak he hopes to see end on Friday, Sept. 7, when the Americans head to Jamaica for the start of a home-and-home World Cup qualifying series that could go a long way toward which nation gets to take control of Group A. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

World Cup 2014: U.S. soccer aims to extend firsts trend at Jamaica in qualifier

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

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Mexico extradites alleged Arellano-Felix figure

Associated Press

World Briefs: Christian in blasphemy case ruled a minor

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

sThis undated image taken from the Mexican Attorney General’s Office rewards program website on Aug. 23, 2012, shows the alleged leader of Zetas cartel, Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, alias Z-40. A split in the leadership of Mexico’s violent Zetas cartel has led to the rise of Trevino Morales, elevating him to the status of public enemy number one for both his friends and his enemies. (AP Photo/Mexican Attorney General’s Office website)

Feared Mexican Zetas leader ‘Z-40’ now top target

By Mark Stevenson and E. Eduardo Castillo - Associated Press

World class Mexican dancer seeks to change ballet

By KATHERINE CORCORAN - Associated Press

Petaluma, Calif.'s Quinton Gago, center, is mobbed by teammates after hitting a home run off San Antonio, Texas' Carter Elliott in the first inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, in South Williamsport, Pa. Petaluma won 11-1. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Little League World Series 2012: California, Panama advance

By Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press

Petaluma, Calif.'s Hance Smith, center, is greeted by Blake Buhrer, left, and Andrew White, right, after hitting a three-run home run off Fairfield, Conn., pitcher Matt Kubel in the third inning of an elimination baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Petaluma won 5-0. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Little League World Series 2012: Mexico, Calif. move on; Uganda scores win

By Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press

Mexico moves on at LLWS; Uganda rookies score win

By GENARO C. ARMAS - Associated Press

Mexico, Calif. move on at LLWS; Uganda scores win

By GENARO C. ARMAS - Associated Press

Briefly: Mexican police replace airport security after shootout

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Curacao, Calif., advance at Little League WS

By GENARO C. ARMAS - Associated Press

Panamanian border police load boats with equipment to begin patrolling for migrant smugglers, among other things. Panama’s public safety minister, Jose Murillo, says that hundreds of Cubans are now taking the arduous Darien Gap route northward to the United States. (Associated Press)

Cubans undertake a treacherous trek across Panama

By Juan Zamorano - Associated Press

Wesley Thomason. Photo from Fairfax County police.

Man who fled country on sex charges 12 years ago is back in Va. jail

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Vendors that were caught unprepared try to recover their chairs after high waves dragged their beach stalls into the sea in Veracruz, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Tropical Storm Ernesto headed into Mexico's southern Gulf coast as authorities in the flood-prone region prepared shelters, army troops and rescue personnel for drenching rains. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Tropical storm heads for landfall on Mexican coast

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