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Mexican presidential elections are scheduled for July 1, 2012, and Wells Fargo economist said never underestimate the political.

Thanksgiving pie recipes are making news this holiday season and pumpkin pies are what everyone loves, making them the most popular desserts for the holiday season.

Honduras is believed to be a crucial stop on the route cocaine traffickers take from South America into Mexico and the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security announced last week a sweeping review of deportation cases before immigration courts and the establishment of a nationwide retraining program for enforcement agents and prosecuting attorneys. Both are intended to focus deportations on immigrants who have committed serious crimes or who pose a threat to public safety, rather than a broad category of noncriminal immigrants.

In what appears to be the latest in a spate of illegal passageways found on the U.S.-Mexico border in recent days, border police in Nogales, Arizona, uncovered yet another drug smuggling tunnel.

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber Tuesday blocked the execution of a death row inmate and declared the state capital punishment-free as long as he's the Governor of the state.

After President Barack Obama's commitment this month to a transpacific free trade agreement, business leaders in Europe and United States are asking for a similar initiative across the North Atlantic to spur economic growth and create jobs.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the absolute best times to book your 2011-2012 winter vacation. Check out these incredible deals on travel, hotels, cruises and more.

The viral hit has turned the young family musicians into an overnight sensation

Christoph Niemann is the illustrator behind The New Yorker's Thanksgiving cover, Promised Land.

U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., has introduced the first proposal directly inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.

French holiday company Club Med believes its shift upmarket will help it through the tough economic times ahead and is betting on expansion in the Americas and China to drive growth.

Mitt Romney is still the leader in New Hampshire by a margin of more than 25 points, and he's the only candidate with an approval rating above 50 percent. He and Newt Gingrich are tied in terms of who voters think would do best in a debate against President Barack Obama, and they're also the only candidates whom a majority of voters consider presidential.

South Korea's parliament passes a new Free Trade Agreement with the United States, even after a teary vote.

Finance officials bit their nails and nervously watched the clock. There were 30 minutes left in a bond auction aimed at funding the deficit and there was not a single bid.

Hecla Mining Co. backed its full-year production outlook on Monday despite the suspension of work at its Lucky Friday silver mine in Idaho, where a contractor died in an accident last week.

Finance officials bit their nails and nervously watched the clock. There were 30 minutes left in a bond auction aimed at funding the deficit and there was not a single bid.

Canada and Mexico won a trade case against a U.S. law on meat labeling at the World Trade Organization on Friday.

An intercepted memo from lobbying firm CLGC to the ABA outlines a smear campaign on Occupy Wall Street involving opposition research and negative narratives against both OWS and sympathetic Democrats. The memo (full text) reveals Wall Street anxiety over the 2012 election, and the threat a Tea Party/OWS alliance would pose.

Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling 5,379 cases of bagged salad products containing romaine lettuce because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the Irwindale, California, company said.

The number of children in the United States considered poor rose by 1 million in 2010, the U.S. Census said Thursday, with more than one in five of the youngest Americans now living in poverty.