Alejandro (who asked to be referred to by his first name only, because he’s an illegal immigrant) is sitting on the curb, letting his flannel shirt rattle in the breeze. His baseball cap hides his eyes, but the unease is in his voice. His life is difficult enough as it is, he says; he hasn’t gotten a job in two weeks. "I have three sons and I’m stone broke," but anything, he says, is better than returning to his home in the poverty-stricken, war-torn state of Sinaloa.

He used to earn $9 a day working at a local restaurant, for three years, until his employer started using E-Verify, a computer system provided by the Department of Homeland Security meant to detect illegal immigrants. Employers run a query with an employee’s name and Social Security number, and E-Verify matches it with information on government databases. Alejandro’s query delivered a message of "tentative non-confirmation," so his employer asked him to provide a valid set of documents or to go to a Social Security office to solve the glitch.

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Edu poked the ball in from close range off a free kick by Landon Donvoan, setting off an American celebration. But Coulibaly had blown his whistle. It was unclear at the time what Coulibaly had called.

According to the play-by-play at FIFA's Web site, a foul was called on Edu. The Washington Post’s soccer expert, Steven Goff, writes that the call will be “reviewed and scrutinized for a long time,” but in the moment, it enough to make Twitter crash.

Valter Birsa and Zlatan Ljubijankic of Slovenia scored in the first half. Donovan scored in the 48th minute and Michael Bradley scored the equalizer in the 82nd minute.

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According to NYDaily News, James first said she got with Tiger when she was invited to join in a threesome with a mystery man -- who turned out to be Woods -- and that he paid her and the other woman $2,000 each for "dirty" sex.

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According to NYDaily News, James first said she got with Tiger when she was invited to join in a threesome with a mystery man -- who turned out to be Woods -- and that he paid her and the other woman $2,000 each for "dirty" sex.

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Matthew Shaer of the Christian Science Monitor says that the app was submitted to Apple by a company called Throwaway Horse, earlier this year. There were some naked bits, though, which the computer giant wanted removed, so the company complied. Apple decided today to use the original version, actually admitting they were wrong. I know, right? Comic Book Resources published an interview with the creators of "Ulysses Seen" about their roller-coaster experience with the application-police. The Washington Post's blog Comic Riffs makes a point of reminding us that the debate about “Ulysses” originated more than 75 years ago, and the high court ruled that the book itself was not obscene or pornographic. Of course, we’re talking about actual drawings now, nt just words. But we thought Apple was sort of, well, modern.

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Matthew Shaer of the Christian Science Monitor says that the app was submitted to Apple by a company called Throwaway Horse, earlier this year. There were some naked bits, though, which the computer giant wanted removed, so the company complied. Apple decided today to use the original version, actually admitting they were wrong. I know, right? Comic Book Resources published an interview with the creators of "Ulysses Seen" about their roller-coaster experience with the application-police. The Washington Post's blog Comic Riffs makes a point of reminding us that the debate about “Ulysses” originated more than 75 years ago, and the high court ruled that the book itself was not obscene or pornographic. Of course, we’re talking about actual drawings now, nt just words. But we thought Apple was sort of, well, modern.

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Salahi and her husband, Tareq, crashed president Obama’s state dinner in November, snapped photos with President Obama, V.P. Joe Biden, Katie Couric, called Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel “Ron,” and then simply went home and posted the pictures on Facebook.

Bravo had announced in May that the "Real Housewives" would be "scouting the D.C. area to identify...women who have their pulse on the most important cultural events, political galas, gallery openings and fund-raisers in Washington society,"noted NYDaily News. Given the caliber of main characters in the series, Michaele Salahi should fit right in.

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But Entertainment Weekly’s Clark Collis is so concerned, he can’t sleep at night, he says. Because the actor who played the part of Vietnam War vet Walter Sobchak in “The Big Lebowski,” may not be able to play the part again if the Coen brothers decide to make a sequel. The film came out in 1998.

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Metzler has been accused of not reining in his deputy superintendent, Thurman Higginbotham, as he lost track of remains, leading to bodies piled on top of one another, sites improperly identified and remains popping up in supposedly empty grave sites, a situation that went on for six years.

A yearlong Salon investigation into mismanagement at the cemetery led to the Army investigation that resulted in Metzler's demotion.

Metzler’s letter of reprimand (PDF), posted on the Army’s website yesterday, has the subject heading: “Official Reprimand – Three years,” but Clause 6 reads that though the memorandum will be filed in his official personnel folder for three years, it is not permanent, and may be withdrawn upon "your separation from the Department of Army." Metzler announced only last month that he would be retiring July 2. Why even announce a three-year reprimand if he’ll be off the hook in less than a month?

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In simple terms, here’s Laffer’s reasoning: President Obama is raising taxes, or more precisely, President Bush’s tax cuts expire on Jan. 1. The wealthy will naturally shift their production and income out of next year into this year, which will, in turn, mean that next year, there will be no growth or spending.

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On Monday, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca and his friends were reportedly playing in a dry section of the Rio Grande, in Mexico, and throwing rocks at border guards. According to an eyewitness, an agent arrived on a bike and started shooting at the teenagers. Hernández hid behind a wall, and when he looked out, he was shot. A U.S official quoted by the Associated Press said the agent didn’t enter Mexico, and according to the FBI, border security was responding to a group of suspected illegal immigrants trying to cross. Late Tuesday night, a banner appeared on the bridge under which Hernández was shot. It read: "U.S. Border Patrol we worry about the violence in Mex and murders and now you. Viva Mexico!"

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AP reports that after receiving a 911 call from Shawn King’s father, emergency medical workers found empty anti-anxiety medication bottles that she had reportedly gotten filled only 10 days earlier. Police also found a note saying she had taken the pills on purpose and one saying she wanted to be buried in Utah, her home.

Shawn is Larry King’s seventh wife and soon to be ex. The couple filed for divorce in April, after 13 years of marriage.

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There were signs of the split during the trial: "I have had enough," he said. "I was forced into the whole drama and I regret the whole episode. I want to live a normal life ... not a life where I would be watched by everyone, booed and teased." Gay rights campaigners blame the couple's breakup on fears of violent retribution. Monjeza's uncle was reportedly determined to prevent them from getting back together after being released. Chimbalanga was warned not to set foot in the village or they would "deal with him." Queerty writes that Monjeza's sudden conversion hints at societal pressure and quotes him as saying that he didn't want to be associated with "gay trash."

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Kalee Kreider, a spokeswoman for the former vice president said neither the Gores or the Schiffs want to comment about their particular separations, But they want to be honest so they can hopefully stave off rumors. Still, a friend of the Schiffs told People magazine that “a lot of psychoanalysis of the Gores is going on.” Dana Chivvis of Aol’s Politics Daily blog posed the inevitable question: “Is there something in the water?”

Karenna, 36 and Andrew Schiff have been separated for a few months and are reportedly in marriage counseling but, according to People magazine, they have no plans to divorce. The Schiffs have three children: Wyatt, 10; Anna, 8; and Oscar, 3.

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Soon after President Obama took office, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reaffirmed her commitment to Afghan women, and resistance to the Taliban. Now, President Obama is backing Karzai's proposal and, according to the Guardian's Jonathan Steele,  many women in Afghanistan do too, despite potential setbacks to their freedoms. After interviewing a diverse sample of Afghan women, he came to the conclusion that their desire for peace trumps their desire for liberation.

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President Obama has called it “misguided” and promised to keep an eye on it. Attorney General Eric Holder said the federal government may challenge the law. Calls for boycott are multiplying, threatening to stagnate Arizona’s already weakened economy.

But maybe the state's lawmakers should see all these potential obstacles as a blessing. Because the truth is, Arizona may not be able to afford this law anyway.

No detailed estimate of the new law's costs has yet been calculated, but the Immigration Policy Center’s blog, Immigration Impact, did dig out a revealing fact sheet that was put together by Yuma County Sheriff Ralph Ogden back in 2006, when a similar bill was passed (only to be vetoed by then Governor Janet Napolitano).

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Since the Mexican government started the military crackdown on drug traffickers in 2006, roughly 4,200 people have been killed in Juárez, a city of 1.3 million, according to the Associated Press. "On average, there are between 10 to 15 murders a day," Torrea says.

Torrea's blog, Ciudad Juárez, en la sombra del narcotráfico (Ciudad Juárez, in the Shadow of Drug Trafficking), which she started in October, took fifth place in the popular voting in the Reporters Without Borders category of the international BOBs -- Best of Blogs. The jury was scheduled to decide the winners today.

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