Thursday,  May 17, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 308 • 54 of 60 •  Other Editions

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• The report comes as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the legality of Arizona's strict immigration law, with many states weighing similar get-tough measures.
• "We remain in a dangerous period where those appealing to anti-immigration elements are fueling a divisiveness and hostility that might take decades to overcome," Harrison said.
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Obama will use NATO summit in Chicago to raise money for Afghan army after foreign troops exit

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance's plans for arm's-length support for Afghanistan will be a central focus of the summit President Barack Obama is hosting Sunday and Monday in Chicago.
• The problem with the exit strategy is that someone has to pay for that army in an era of austerity budgets and defense cutbacks.
• The problem for the United States is how to avoid getting stuck with the check for $4.1 billion a year.
• "This has to be a multilateral funding effort," said Pentagon spokesman George Little. "We think there should be contributions from other countries."
• That's partly why so many non-NATO nations are getting invitations to the summit. About 60 countries and organizations are expected to be represented, including nations such as Japan that are far removed from the trans-Atlantic defense pact's home ground.
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No, thanks: Facebook resisters say their lives already fulfilled without social network

• NEW YORK (AP) -- Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.
• You won't find Thomas Chin, either. Or Kariann Goldschmitt. Or Jake Edelstein.
• More than 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least once a month, but millions more are Facebook holdouts.
• They say they don't want Facebook. They insist they don't need Facebook. They say they're living life just fine without the long-forgotten acquaintances that the world's largest social network sometimes resurrects.

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