Okay,. . . the problem that arises for me is to follow the guidelines here is because Mr. Martinez is illegally in the country and is in violation of the probation rules right from the start if I were to place him on probation. . . . [H]e. . Full Article at Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)

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Crude oil for September delivery rose 95 cents to settle at $73.33 a barrel at 2:54 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the biggest rise since July 31. Futures are up 16 percent in the past three months. Full Article at Hartford Courant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frustrated at Washington's failure to tackle immigration reform at a national level, state legislatures are passing a growing number of local laws on immigration, according to a report released on Monday. Full Article at Boston Globe

Most of the Republican presidential candidates used Sunday's ABC-TV debate at Drake University to court the votes of social conservatives in Saturday's straw poll of Iowa GOP activists in Ames. With that as a yardstick, former Massachusetts Gov. Full Article at The Politico

Last year, lobbyist Paul Miller arrived at a technology conference expecting unexciting training on some new software. He left with an Animal Planet-like education and a new cause: saving abused tigers, lions and other big cats. Full Article at The Politico

We're well into summer, a time when life in South Jersey slows to a languorous pace. In verdant fields, stalks of corn rise toward the golden sun. Along shimmering beaches, the ocean rolls in with, um, majestic majesty. And columnists like me? Full Article at N.J. Courier-Post Online

Blog: A case pitting a trademark "entrepreneur" against baseball legend George Brett prompts a federal appeals court judge to cite a YouTube.com video of Brett's famous game against the New York Yankees. Full Article at CNET

A stripped-down Boeing 727-200 sits idle on an Orlando International Airport runway, a reminder of the days when Lou Pearlman's empire was flying high. Full Article at Orlando Sentinel