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Sputnik International 

Russia to Spend Over $24Bln on State Arms Procurement Program in 2017

Russia is going to spend than 1.4 trillion rubles ($24 billion at the current exchange rates) to implement the state procurement program in the sphere of arms procurement, as well as of military and special equipment, according to Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov.

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

US to expand pool of people targeted for deportation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is greatly expanding the number of people living in the U.S. illegally who are considered a priority for deportation, including people arrested for traffic violations, according to agency documents released Tuesday.

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

Supreme Court seems split in case of boy's death near border

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears to be evenly divided about the right of Mexican parents to use American courts to sue a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired across the U.S.-Mexican border and killed their teenage son.

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

Supreme Court seems split in case of boy's death near border

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears to be evenly divided about the right of Mexican parents to use American courts to sue a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired across the U.S.-Mexican border and killed their teenage son.

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

US to expand pool of people targeted for deportation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is greatly expanding the number of people living in the U.S. illegally who are considered a priority for deportation, including people arrested for traffic violations, according to agency documents released Tuesday.

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

(LEAD) (Winter Asiad) S. Korea collects 2 speed skating medals

(ATTN: COMBINES stories slugged 'speed skating-silver' and 'speed skating-team silver') OBIHIRO, Japan, Feb. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea collected two more medals from speed skating at the Asian Winter Games on Tuesday. Lee Sang-hwa won silver in t

CBC 

Trump to leave protections for U.S. 'dreamer' migrants

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will leave protections in place for immigrants who entered the country illegally as children, known as "dreamers," but will consider all other illegal immigrants subject to deportation, according to guidance released on Tuesday.

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

Acting president renews calls for enhanced protection of N.K. defectors

SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn renewed calls for enhanced protection of North Korean defectors on Tuesday in the wake of the murder last week of the communist state's leader Kim Jong-un's estr

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Oklahoma faces $878 million shortfall for upcoming year

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state panel has certified the Oklahoma Legislature will have $878 million less to spend on the budget for the upcoming fiscal year and that additional cuts must be ordered for the current year. The shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1 means the Legislature will have about 13 percent less to dole out to state agencies than they spent last year.

TheRepublic.com 

From restaurants to reefs: recycling discarded oyster shells

ON LAKE ATHANASIO, La. — If you slurp oysters from the half-shell in New Orleans, you may be doing more than satisfying a culinary craving: You could be helping to construct reefs that environmental groups hope will save a bit of Louisiana’s coastline. Since 2014, restaurants have contributed nearly 2,600 tons of shells to the

WSJ.com 

Los Angeles Spec Home Seeks $100 Million

In Beverly Hills, a 20,500-square-foot home by developer Nile Niami includes a gold Lamborghini Aventador roadster, a gold Rolls-Royce Dawn and a full-time house manager.