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The hostility by some anti-immigrant activists against Hispanics is no different from that directed against earlier generations of Irish, Italian and Jewish immigrants, Geraldo Rivera says. The TV host takes on the subject in his new book, His Panic.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that while the election of Russia's new president, Dimitri Medvedev, has been described as more of a coronation, and Medvedev himself described as a puppet of outgoing president Vladimir Putin, there may be something more profound at work.

Margaret Seltzer admitted to The New York Times that Love and Consequences, which describes a childhood on the streets of South Central Los Angeles, was made up. Michel Martin had interviewed Seltzer about the book before her confession.

Sen. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in the Texas Democratic presidential primary Tuesday night, and she eked out a 92-91 delegate victory over Sen. Barack Obama. But the caucus results are still outstanding, and Obama could well walk away with a majority of the delegates.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean says Florida's and Michigan's primaries will not count and suggests party officials in the states repeat their presidential nominating contests. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist talks to Robert Siegel about holding a new primary.

Tensions in East Asia are on the rise, with the first North Korean ICBM launch in some three months and the U.S. expected to send its first nuclear-armed sub to the region in decades.

Hillary Clinton's presidential primary victories in Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas came with support from older women, blue collar workers and white men — a group Clinton has been unable to garner much support from in recent weeks. On primary night in Ohio, some of the folks who threw their support behind Clinton explain why.

The Pentagon says it has charged six detainees at Guantanamo Bay with murder in connection with the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The men will become the first Guantanamo prisoners to face trial. And if they're convicted, they could receive the death penalty. The six include Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind.

This off-season in baseball has been consumed by rumors of steroid use set off by the Mitchell Report, which outlined the potential extent of drug use in Major League Baseball. Roger Clemens on Thursday once again refuted doping allegations by his former trainer.

Army Surgeon General Eric Schoomaker says he was mistaken when he denied that the Army had told the Veterans Affairs Department not to help injured soldiers challenge their disability ratings. Schoomaker says the whole thing was a misunderstanding, and it is fine for the VA to help the soldiers.