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WASHINGTON – Millions of Hispanics come to America looking for jobs and educations, but remaining here seems to be bad for their health. The longer Hispanics are here, the more likely they are to become obese, to develop diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. And Hispanics born here have even higher rates of those illnesses, a new government report shows. The analysis of immigrants' health by the federal Centers for Disease Control comes on the heels of a report calling for more educational programs for Hispanics, who are expected to increase to nearly one-fourth of the country's population in...

WASHINGTON (AP) - American troops could still be in Iraq four years from now, the war's former commander told members of Congress concerned about persistent, deadly attacks. The number of U.S. troops in Iraq probably won't decline significantly from the current 148,000 until sometime next year, Gen. Tommy Franks said Thursday. The kinds of hit-and-run attacks that killed two American soldiers Wednesday will continue, he warned. "We need to not develop an expectation that all of these difficulties will go away in one month or two months or three months," Franks told the House Armed Services Committee. "I anticipate we'll...