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President Bush recently warned against the "harsh, ugly rhetoric" in the debate over immigration. Author Juan Enriquez says the brutal language being used in that debate threatens to tear the country apart.

Traci Hong understands the frustrations and ambitions of immigrants. Hong, an immigration advocate who herself emigrated as a child from South Korea, says proposals to make English the official language are misguided.

Shanghai was once home to thousands of Jews, serving as a refuge during World War II. Now a new Jewish center has opened, the first in China in 50 years, amid efforts to preserve the city's Jewish history.

Motorcycle Week in Laconia, N.H., brings thousands of bikers to town. And many have a hankering for a special memento to remind them of the trip. Shannon Mullen visits some of the temporary tattoo shops that have been set up to sell souvenirs that are anything but temporary.

Loudon Wainwright III has been writing songs for more than 30 years. He believes in the mystery that inspires the creation of a new song. But it's not something Wainwright wants to think about too much.

A federal mental health agency says as many as a half-million people who lived along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast may need help for depression, anger, and other problems as they try to rebuild their lives and face the prospect of new storms.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki meets with President Bush at the White House. They are expected to discuss the ongoing crisis in Lebanon, and the continuing sectarian violence in Iraq.

According to the FBI, violent crime in the United States is on the rise. Last year saw the biggest jump since the early 1990s. Criminologists say there are many possible reasons, from cutbacks in funding for federal crime-prevention programs to a greater focus on terrorism and a resurgence of gangs.

U.S. Episcopalians elect a woman to head the more than 2-million-member denomination. Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada is the first female bishop to head the national churches in the worldwide Anglican Communion.

The Supreme Court rules that prosecutors may use some recorded 911 emergency calls as courtroom evidence, even if the victim of a crime is not in court for cross-examination.