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The United States and its North American neighbors say they will set up a trusted traveler scheme for the whole continent by 2008, and will this year develop a plan to respond together to major terror attacks and other incidents. Trusted traveler programs enable people who provide biometric personal data -- like fingerprints or iris scans -- pay a fee and submit to background checks to use special travel lanes at border crossings. The idea is to speed processing for those travelers not thought security risks, and whose identity can be verified biometrically. A Department of Homeland Security statement Monday...

(Talon News) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced on Wednesday a proposal for "jobs and prosperity" which she says would provide Americans with "the opportunity to succeed, to live a secure and comfortable life including good jobs here at home, affordable health care, a growing economy with stable prices, investments in new technologies, and fiscal responsibility in government." "With nearly 8 million Americans unemployed, the need to create jobs is urgent," Pelosi said. "It takes significantly longer to find a job today than in years past ... and too many people have simply given up hope and given...