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There's been increasing support for the number of H-1B visas, for highly skilled workers. Large tech companies are leading the push for the increase, but many of the visas go to workers at large consulting firms. iStockphoto.com hide caption

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Who's Hiring H-1B Visa Workers? It's Not Who You Might Think

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Newly elected Cuban Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel attends a tribute to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in March. Diaz-Canel is expected to eventually succeed Raul Castro as the island nation's leader in 2018. Desmond Boylan/Reuters /Landov hide caption

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Official On Deck To Succeed Castros Still A Question Mark To Many Cubans

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South Korean marines work on their K-55 self-propelled howitzers during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

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Amid Threats, N. Korea's Neighbors Rethink Defense Policies

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks wednesday at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. He warned of deep budget cuts across his department, to put the brakes on spiraling costs and reshape the military for leaner budgets and new challenges. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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With Eye On Budget, Hagel Seeks Pentagon Changes

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Facebook users post more than 2.5 billion messages and updates each day, worldwide. All posted content must comply with the company's standards, which ban many forms of speech that, in the United States, are protected offline. iStockphoto.com hide caption

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Facebook's Online Speech Rules Keep Users On A Tight Leash

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The Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town apartment complex is seen from Waterside Plaza in 2006, the same year it was sold in a record-breaking real estate deal. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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The Botched NY Real Estate Deal That Lost 'Other People' Billions

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Former U.S. and Russian diplomats gather at RIA Novosti in Moscow on Tuesday. From left: former Russian or Soviet ambassadors to the U.S. Vladimir Lukin, Alexander Bessmertnykh and Viktor Komplektov; Sergei Rogov, director of the Institute of USA and Canada; and former U.S. ambassadors to Russia James Collins, Jack Matlock, Thomas Pickering and John Beyrle. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption

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Ex-Diplomats: U.S.-Russian Relations Not As Dire As They Seem

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Astronauts work to install the alpha magnetic spectrometer on the International Space Station on May 26, 2011. NASA hide caption

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Sensor On Space Station May Have Seen Hints Of Elusive Dark Matter

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