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Hold on to your hats, skeptics. The study of alien existence is about to become a real scientific field. Pennsylvania State University is gearing up to make the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) an established field of scientific study. This means that a degree in Alien Research, no matter how outlandish it might sound, is soon going to be a real thing. According to a report, the university is planning on doing this by offering courses on the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life in its course catalog. It will also conduct actual research into the subject through it’s newly-established Penn...

MEXICO CITY -- The U.S. treasurer said Friday that Mexican and U.S. officials want businesses and individuals on both sides of the border to invest in poor central and southern Mexico, where a lack of economic opportunity forces many people to head north for work. "Our goal as governments is to give (private businesses) incentives for investing in those areas," Rosario Marin told the Associated Press. Marin was in Mexico to drum up support for a Partnership for Prosperity program meant to tear down logistical and financial barriers that make it hard for Mexicans in the United States to send...