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Days after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descended on dozens of Northern California businesses, labor leaders and immigration activists worry one of the largest rounds of workplace audits in years will cast even deeper fears across immigrant communities, pushing them further into the shadows.

A COUPLE broke into a house, stripped naked before filming themselves having sex. But when they heard someone, the couple fled in a panic, leaving the camera showing them having sex. ...when someone arrived to collect the mail while the homeowner was away, according to broadcaster KXRO-AM. ...Grays Harbor County sheriff's Chief Deputy Dave Pimentel said that deputies who checked the video recognised the couple from previous contacts. The woman was arrested for investigation of burglary, while an arrest warrant has been issued for her accomplice.

(CBS/AP) PHILADELPHIA -- Seven years ago, Russian courts convicted a wealthy American motel owner of molesting children and sent him to prison, but later decided to just expel him. The experience did little to keep Anthony "Mark" Bianchi stateside. Over the next few years, he traveled to Moldova, Romania, Cambodia and Cuba -- trips all designed, U.S. officials say, to recruit destitute boys for sexual trysts. Bianchi, 44, of North Wildwood, N.J., is scheduled to go on trial Monday on charges he assaulted nearly a dozen minors on foreign soil. And this time -- under a largely untested 2003 law...

Armless man caught speeding in NZ A man with no arms has been caught speeding at 121 km/h (75 mph), according to police in New Zealand. The driver, who used one foot to steer and another to operate the pedals, told officers he was born with no arms but had been driving for years. The 32-year-old had passengers in the car when he was stopped on a highway near Papamoa in the Bay of Plenty area. Police fined the unemployed man NZ$170 (£60) and banned him from driving, local media reported. 'Shocked officer' The driver, whose name has not been...