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Government officials overseeing the construction of a "virtual fence" along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border hope to turn over the first segment to the Border Patrol in January, while beginning construction on a second stretch in coming weeks.

Officials are looking into whether some attorneys may have violated a U.S. law barring uninvited solicitation of air disaster victims in the first 45 days after an accident in connection with the crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco.

In the new book What You Want Is in the Limo, author Michael Walker argues that a peak year in the careers of Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper and The Who also marked a cultural shift — from the peace, love and understanding of 1960-era music to '70s rock decadence.

Michelle Obama's Plane Almost Collides with Military Cargo Jet

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday ordered a complete review of the bidding process that gave a $40 billion contract to build Air Force refueling tankers to a team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. and the European company Airbus instead of Boeing.

When Boeing lost a large Air Force contract to a consortium that includes a European aviation company, it created a furor in union halls and in Congress. Boeing workers and their supporters on Capitol Hill argue that the Air Force tanker will be a "European plane." But these days, large airplanes aren't truly made in any single country.

The Air Force awarded one of its largest-ever contracts in February to Northrop Grumman and its European partner, EADS. Then controversy erupted. Now Boeing is trying to get the Government Accountability Office to overturn the contract. Northrop's CEO says Boeing's complaints are unfounded.

A new study bolsters the theory that chimpanzees kill rivals as an adaptation to their natural environment and not as a result of human impact.

The Government Accountability Office Wednesday upheld Boeing's protest of a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract awarded to Airbus and Northrop Grumman. The decision is not binding but there may now be pressure on the Air Force to re-examine the deal.

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