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For young immigrants, a delayed coming of age

Jun 17

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In this Wednesday, June 12, 2013 photo, brothers Jorge Tume, left, and Francis Tume are shown in Miami. Tume’s parents brought them to the U.S. from Peru on tourist visas when they were young and decided to stay, becoming unauthorized immigrants with no legal status. Now, one year after President Barack Obama announced an executive order allowing young people living in the U.S. illegally to stay and work, nearly 300,000 young adults previously living illegally in the United States have been granted permission to stay and work through the program, the most significant shift in immigration policy in recent decades. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

MIAMI (AP) — As a child, Jorge Tume used to sit and do homework as his parents cleaned the desks and floors of a concrete company in Miami. When he was done, he’d take out the trash and help finish cleaning.

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Tags: Business, By CHRISTINE ARMARIO, Education, Education costs, Family finances, Florida, General news, Government and politics, Government policy, Higher education, Immigration, Immigration policy, Industrial products and services, Industries, Latin America and Caribbean, Materials industry, North America, Personal finance, Peru, Social affairs, Social issues, South America, Student finances, United States

To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?

Jun 17

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Dr. Anthony Atala holds the "scaffolding" for a human kidney created by a 3-D printer in a laboratory at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The university is experimenting with various ways to create replacement organs for human implantation, from altering animal parts to building them from scratch with a patient's own cells. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she’d been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery.

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Tags: Animals, Biology, By MALCOLM RITTER, Cell biology, Diagnosis and treatment, General news, Health, Health issues, Living things, Mammals, Organ donation, Organ transplants, Science, Scientific research, Scientific research facilities

10 Things to Know for Today

Jun 17

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Justin Rose, of England, poses with the trophy after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Ardmore, Pa. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

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Tags: Basketball, By The Associated Press, Events, General news, Men's basketball, Men's sports, NBA basketball, NBA Finals, Political and civil unrest, Professional basketball, Protests and demonstrations, Sports

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Jun 17

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Tax, trade and Syria on menu as UK’s Cameron rallies world leaders to G-8 summit in N.Ireland

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Affirmative action ruling contest: race vs. class

Jun 16

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In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, students walk through the University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas. This giant flagship campus - once slow to integrate - is now among the most diverse the country. A decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially sided with race in that argument, upholding the right of colleges to make limited use of racial preferences in admitting students. But in a ruling due in June 2013, the Court is widely expected to roll back that ruling. Such an outcome would shift the focus more toward giving a boost to socio-economically disadvantaged students, regardless of race. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

In post-Great Recession America, which is the bigger barrier to opportunity — race or class?

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Tags: Affirmative action, African-Americans, Business, By JUSTIN POPE, Courts, Economy, Education, Education issues, General news, Government and politics, Higher education, Hispanics, Human rights and civil liberties, Judiciary, Labor issues, National courts, National governments, Personal finance, Personal finance education, Political issues, Race and ethnicity, Recessions and depressions, Social affairs, Social diversity, Social issues