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ROLLA, Kan. (AP) - A pickup truck carrying 19 illegal immigrants from Mexico crashed on a rural highway after a rear wheel came off, killing three people and injuring 16, authorities said. The pickup flipped over and landed in a ditch, said Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ron Knoefel. Nine people were riding in the truck's extended cab - four on the front seat, four in the back seat, and one on the floor between the seats, Knoefel said. He said the 10 others were in the truck's bed, which was covered with a camper shell. At least one of the...

There are jobs that most Americans simply won't do. And because of that, the government should work to let immigrants in to do those jobs, even if it's on a temporary basis. President George W. Bush outlined that plan to a crowd of more than 300 people at Cruise Terminal 3 at Channelside in Tampa Friday in an appearance meant to boost his administration's Global War on Terror. "If there's a willing employer and a willing worker on a job an American won't do, then it's OK to fill that job, so long as you're not here permanently," Bush said....

Two Queens gang members were busted yesterday, accused of blowing away a female pal at a drug-laced party for the hell of it, law enforcement sources said. Ramiro Pineda, 20, and William Ramirez, 22, were slapped with murder charges in the shooting death of Maria Rubio early Tuesday in a College Point apartment, cops said. Sources gave a chilling account of the slaying, which occurred when Pineda and Ramirez, both of Flushing, were partying with Rubio and other men in a second-floor 130th St. pad. "Let's shoot the b----," one suspect said, and fired, hitting Rubio, a source said. "No,...