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Green Card Deadline Looms for Some Immigrants

LOS ANGELES – Saturday is the final day immigrants can apply for green cards under a government amnesty program. Lawyers estimate as many as 100,000 immigrants may be eligible under the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. The legislation said people who left the United States between 1982 and 1987 …

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Heinz Profit Rises on Strong US Business

CHICAGO – Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. (HNZ) on Thursday said quarterly profit rose on strength in its U.S. business and said it was reviewing its international portfolio as it moves to focus on its biggest brands overseas. The company has just completed a three-year plan in which it sold …

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More U.S. Adults Over 50 Living With HIV-AIDS

A growing number of older Americans are living with HIV and AIDS, but few may be receiving advice on how to avoid spreading the disease, experts told lawmakers Thursday. Infection rates aren’t increasing in either younger or older people, health officials say. But the widespread use of antiretroviral drugs in …

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