Reuters    U.S. said to be targeting the vicious MS-13 gang   The United States on Thursday imposed financial penalties on violent Latin American street gang MS-13, which has thousands of members operating in the United States and has been accused of human trafficking, kidnapping, murder, rape and other criminal activities. -- The gang, whose U.S. members are mostly first generation Salvadoran-Americans or Salvadoran nationals, was added to the Obama administration's list...

KCBS-TV -- Los Angeles    Report: Invaders behind high hit-and-run rate in L.A.   The number of hit-and-run accidents in Los Angeles is four times higher than the national average, with one in five fatal crashes involving an unlicensed driver, according to a new report. -- Don Rosenberg, the founder of UnlicensedToKill.org, told KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO that an estimated 750,000 illegal immigrants live in the L.A. area and those who drive could pose "an immense threat to society."

KXAS-TV -- Dallas     Spanish firm signs 50-year, for-profit I-35W toll deal   The Texas Department of Transportation on Wednesday signed a 50-year deal with a Spanish company to add private, for-profit toll lanes along Interstate 35 north of downtown Fort Worth -- a stretch of highway considered the most congested in the state. -- "This is a major step forward and a day to celebrate for those who drive that Interstate 35 corridor every day," said Texas Transportation Commissioner Bill Meadows...

NAFBPO   Disturbing photos       Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    Rosales, Chih., Mex. -- A municipal police woman was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds early Monday. Viridiana Valles Serrato, 27 years , is the second member of the Municipal Police killed by criminals, with a January attack on Officer Juan Jose Ruiz Adame outside his home. Meanwhile, former Director of the department, Dario Urzua, was the victim of an attack in May this year...

Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner  Napolitano globe trotting while Congress investigates anti-terrorism   With members of her own department -- especially Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents -- criticizing her and her political appointees, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano decided to hightail it out of the United States with Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate Rand Beers and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin...

Alan Caruba -- Family Security Matters     Obama's National Security Advisor   There's a YouTube video of John Brennan, the President's national security advisor, praising Islam and the Arab culture to an unidentified group of Arabs that is so revealing that it should be probable cause for his removal from office. At one point, he addresses them in fluent Arabic, a language acquired in his studies and CIA posts over the years. -- When the British Empire spanned much of the globe there was a turn...

Alex Newman -- The New American    Stratfor Sources: U.S. troops in Mexico as feds aid cartels    Federal authorities in the United States have been quietly supporting certain Mexican criminal empires, especially the Sinaloa drug cartel, in a bid to solidify the syndicates' reign as dominant powerbrokers in particular territories, according to leaked e-mails from a U.S.-based Mexican diplomat to the private intelligence firm Stratfor. If cartel chiefs cooperate with authorities, "governments will allow controlled drug trades..."

KPHO-TV -- Phoenix     Border Patrol: Kids found in drug-laden vehicle   El Paso -- Two children were found in a drug-laden vehicle trying to cross the border from Mexico into the U.S., the Border Patrol said. -- Ruth Angelica Torres Torres, 27, of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, was driving her 3-year-old kids and 19 pounds of cocaine from Juarez to El Paso on Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Roger Maier said...

Dana Gabriel -- Infowars     New border regime is taking the U.S.-Canada "partnership" to the next level  The Beyond the Border deal announced in December 2011 represents the most significant step forward in U.S.-Canada cooperation since NAFTA. Dual action plans are further transforming trade, regulatory and security relations between both countries. Over the next few years, various cross-border initiatives will be rolled out, with some beginning as pilot programs...

Rick Oltman of The Immigration Tea Party -- The Examiner    Question for tonight's vice presidential debate  Tonight's Vice Presidential Debate is the most anticipated debate of the election season, at least by me. It will be the best show on television. 90 minutes of what is billed as, "The debate will cover both foreign and domestic topics and be divided into nine time segments of approximately 10 minutes each. The moderator will ask an opening question... [More from Rick Oltman]

Katie Pavlich -- Townhall.com     Round Two: Obama campaign workers help people vote twice   Yesterday we brought you a new Project Veritas video showing an Obama for America director in Houston helping an undercover reporter vote in two separate states. Now, another video shows volunteers in Brooklyn and an official Obama for America office in Minnesota encouraging double voting...

Wall Street Journal    Which state distorted jobless claims data?   An unexpected shift in seasonal reporting by one state sent jobless claims tumbling last week. -- Initial jobless claims --- a measure of layoffs --- were down by 30,000 to a seasonally adjusted 339,000 in the week ended Oct. 6, the Labor Department said Thursday. -- Raw figures show claims typically drop toward the end of the quarter and spike at the start of the next quarter. A worker may decide to wait to file until...

J.T. Long -- LewRockwell.com     John Williams on lies, damned lies and the 7.8% unemployment rate   Shadowstats.com Author John Williams wonders if politics are at play behind the latest jobs report, which shows 114,000 new U.S. jobs since September and a 0.3% drop in unemployment since August. Investors need to know how seasonal factors and month-to-month volatility affect the Bureau of Labor Statistics' reports. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report , Williams explains why he doubts that we are in a recovery...

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix     Reconquistas give up their efforts to block SB 1070 provision The coalition of [illegal alien "rights"] groups fighting Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 have abandoned efforts to get a new injunction against a controversial clause requiring law enforcement to verify immigration status. -- Linton Joaquin of the National Immigration Law Center said the coalition, which includes the American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund...

KOLD-TV -- Tucson     Automatic budget cuts could set back border security   The daunting task of protecting the border could get even tougher. There are new concerns that automatic, across-the-board federal budget cuts could set back security by years. -- The cuts are due to take effect in January because Congress can't agree on deficit reduction. -- The dire predictions come in a letter from the ranking democrat on the House appropriations committee...

KNXV-TV -- Phoenix     Phoenix considering city IDs for invaders?   Phoenix officials are considering issuing city identification cards to immigrants in response to persistent concerns brought on by Arizona's immigration law. -- In a memo from October 2 , Councilman Michael Nowakowski said he would like to explore the creation of city-issued IDs for immigrants that have a Mexican Matricula card or equivalent foreign identification, but not a valid form of state ID...

Dr. Jerome R. Corsi -- WND.com     Obama's ring: 'There is no god but Allah'   As a student at Harvard Law School, then-bachelor Barack Obama's practice of wearing a gold band on his wedding-ring finger puzzled his colleagues. -- Now, newly published photographs of Obama from the 1980s show that the ring Obama wore on his wedding-ring finger as an unmarried student is the same ring Michelle Robinson put on his finger at the couple's wedding ceremony in 1992...

Tom Tancredo -- Townhall.com    Honor Caesar Chavez's legacy by cracking down on illegal immigration   President Obama's decision to honor Latino Labor Icon Caesar Chavez with a national monument was no doubt intended to try to draw Hispanic voters to his cause. Even the mainstream media recognized the obvious timing with headlines like "Obama dedicates Cesar Chavez monument, courts Latino voters" in Reuters and "With Cesar Chavez monument, Obama reaches out to Latinos" in the Los Angeles Times...

KVOA-TV -- Tucson     Pinal Sheriff forming armed anti-smuggling volunteer posse   Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced the creation of an armed "Anti-Smuggling Posse," comprised of unpaid volunteers, to assist the sheriff's office in "fighting the rampant drug smuggling in Pinal County." -- According to a news release from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, the ASP will provide "surveillance and intelligence support to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office Regional SWAT during tactical operations..."