<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>U.S. Customs and Border Protection: News &amp; Videos about U.S. Customs and Border Protection - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Customs_and_Border_Protection</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Customs and Border Protection from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:37:03 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>U.S. Customs and Border Protection: News &amp; Videos about U.S. Customs and Border Protection - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Customs_and_Border_Protection</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Customs and Border Protection from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Stolen 1965 Volkswagen van recovered after 35 years</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/06/california.stolen.vw/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/06/california.stolen.vw/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A 1965 Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Spokane, Washington, was found by customs agents in a shipping container in the Los Angeles port last month, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Texas school district turns away students from Mexico</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/11/texas.border.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/11/texas.border.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For years, children from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, have attended schools across the border in Del Rio, Texas, but this week that changed for students who cannot prove residency.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Suspects in border agent's killing arrested in Mexico</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/26/mexico.us.border.patrol/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/26/mexico.us.border.patrol/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mexican authorities on Saturday arrested four men in connection with last week's shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in San Diego County, California, Mexico's state-run news agency Notimex reported.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Border Patrol agent slain while responding to incursion</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/24/border.patrol.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/24/border.patrol.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was shot and killed Thursday night was responding to a potential incursion into the United States, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New U.S. border rules take effect for land and sea entry</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/01/us.canada.border.rules/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/01/us.canada.border.rules/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Headed to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or the Caribbean? Here's a tip: Take your passport to avoid a headache coming home.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Authorities release pictures of suspects in 3-year-old's abduction</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/09/california.missing.boy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/09/california.missing.boy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police in San Bernardino, California, released pictures of two suspects in the abduction of a 3-year-old boy who was taken at gunpoint from his home last weekend.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 00:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Name your poison: 'Snake wine' seized at airport</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/07/florida.snake.wine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/07/florida.snake.wine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Everyone has heard of the worm at the bottom of the bottle, but what customs officials in Miami found kicked that up a few notches.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 20:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Helicopter goes down near California nuclear plant</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/20/california.helicopter/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/20/california.helicopter/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A U.S. Border Patrol helicopter went down Thursday night near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, the FAA said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-Border Patrol agents released early from prison</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/17/border.pardons/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/17/border.pardons/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents -- whose cases became flashpoints in the controversy over border security -- were released early from prison Tuesday, one of their attorneys and a congressman said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Eight rebellious U.S. regions and secessionist efforts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/02/mf.secessionist.movements/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/02/mf.secessionist.movements/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>We all know about the Confederate states leaving the Union. But that was far from the only secessionist movement in American history. Here are some rebellious regions you won't find in too many history books.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. border agents detain Mexican troops</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/01/mexico.border/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/01/mexico.border/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Seven members of the Mexican military were found inside the United States on Friday, telling border agents they had become disoriented while on patrol and accidentally crossed into the country, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Missing plane sought along U.S.-Mexico border</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/16/missing.plane/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/16/missing.plane/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Authorities were searching parts of Texas and Mexico for a missing plane that was carrying four people, including three members of an international commission, state and federal officials said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Federal Agent Killed at Post Office</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1829631,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1829631,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A federal agent was fatally shot outside a busy south Florida post office after a fight Tuesday, and dozens of police officers searched the area for the gunman</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dolly knocks out power as it drenches Texas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/07/24/dolly/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/07/24/dolly/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Tropical Storm Dolly has left hundreds of thousands of people without power and forced thousands into temporary shelters in South Texas, federal officials said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Woman, 74, accused of smuggling heroin in luggage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/13/heroin.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/13/heroin.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A 74-year-old woman faces charges of smuggling heroin after $180,000 worth of the drug was found in her luggage Friday when she arrived at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Investigators Find Gaps in Port Security</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1809678,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1809678,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Department of Homeland Security program to strengthen port security has gaps that terrorists could exploit to smuggle weapons of mass destruction in cargo containers, congressional investigators have found</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials Sue US Over Border Fence</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807295,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807295,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Texas mayors and business leaders filed a class-action lawsuit Friday
alleging Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff hoodwinked
landowners into waiving their property rights for construction of a
fence along the Mexican border</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: Wire could have decapitated Border Patrol agents</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/13/border.wire/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/13/border.wire/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. border officers found a wire between two fences along the U.S.-Mexican border that, when stretched taut, could have seriously harmed or even decapitated Border Patrol agents, Congress was told Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New border rules: Critics fear chill on U.S. north</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/01/31/us.border/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/01/31/us.border/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Beginning Thursday, U.S. and Canadian citizens who want to enter the United States from Canada must provide border agents with two documents: proof of citizenship such as a birth certificate and a government-issued photo identification such as a driver's license. </description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-con arrested in border agent's killing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/23/border.agentkilled/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/23/border.agentkilled/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mexican police have arrested a man in connection with the death of a U.S. border patrol agent last week, according to a statement issued by authorities in Mexico.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Border agent killed by drug smuggling driver, officials say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/20/border.agent.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/20/border.agent.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent was killed Saturday when he was struck by a car driven by a suspected narcotics smuggler, officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Charges Considered in Bay Oil Spill</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1682981,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1682981,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Federal investigators were considering Monday whether to file criminal charges in San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: U.S. terror 'watch list' may be getting too long</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/24/gao.terrorist.screening/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/24/gao.terrorist.screening/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A new government report says there are now more than three quarters of a million names on the U.S. government's terrorist "watch list," raising concerns the list may be becoming too large.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tonight's facts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/dobbs.ff.9.26/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/dobbs.ff.9.26/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Here are some facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting. Food Recall The products include certain 10-pound boxes of Butcher's Best 100-percent All Beef Patties; certain 10-pound boxes of Kohler Foods burgers; certain 10-pound boxes of Sand Castle Fine Meat; some two-pound boxes of Topps 100-percent Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers; and some three-pound boxes of Topps 100-percent Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers. The boxes carry the number "Est. 9748" inside the USDA mark of inspection, and were produced June 22nd, July 12th or July 23rd. Border Trouble Border Patrol statement on a Border Patrol vehicle stolen by three drug smuggling suspects, who used it to escape to Mexico: "We can confirm a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle was stolen. It has been recovered. It is under investigation." Agent Barbara Mandel U.S. Border Patrol Spokesman Oil The U.S. imports 13,759,000 barrels of oil per day... 20 percent of that from the Persian Gulf. Source: American</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. Customs seizes cocaine-laden semisubmarine </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/23/guatemala.sub.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/23/guatemala.sub.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A submarine-like vessel filled with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine was seized off the Guatemalan coast, U.S. officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DHS taking over checking passenger info against watch lists</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/09/dhs.security/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/09/dhs.security/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday it is changing the way aviation security is handled, which will allow it to take over the role of checking passenger information from airlines.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tonight's facts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/08/dobbs.job/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/08/dobbs.job/index.html</guid><description>These are some of the facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officer Blamed in TB Case</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1629783,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1629783,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>(WASHINGTON)--U.S. border officials told Congress on Wednesday that a lone officer undid their efforts to stop a man with a dangerous form of tuberculosis from entering the country -- but that explanation was met with skepticism from lawmakers who said the case exposed plenty of holes in the nation's security."We dodged a bullet," House Homeland Security Committee chairman Bennie Thompson said as he opened a hearing into the case of Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old Atlanta lawyer whose wedding and honeymoon travel caused an international health scare.Speaker was testifying to another congressional committee by audio hookup from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, where he is hospitalized in isolation.Thompson, D-Miss., said the explanations by Homeland Security and public health officials don't explain why they always seemed to be steps behind Speaker as he traveled to Europe last month to get married, have a honeymoon, and return to the U.S."We should have connected more dots," said T</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Border security scrutinized after TB patient slips in</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/05/31/tb.flight/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/05/31/tb.flight/index.html</guid><description>A senior House member wants to know how a dangerously infected man managed to get through U.S. Customs and Border Protection even though his passport had been flagged in their computer system.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 05:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. Customs relaxes enforcement on drugs from Canada</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/04/news/companies/counterfeitdrugs/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/04/news/companies/counterfeitdrugs/index.htm</guid><description>The U.S. Customs department is relaxing its enforcement on the importation from Canada of pharmaceutical drugs for personal use, much to the ire of the industry's trade organization.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quest's blog: Passport to arrogance</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/07/24/biztrav.blog8/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/07/24/biztrav.blog8/index.html</guid><description>Posted: July 24, 2006    Forum: read comments</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dobbs to president: Do you take us for fools? </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/10/dobbs.enforcement/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/10/dobbs.enforcement/index.html</guid><description>Reports this week that the Border Patrol is notifying the Mexican government of the locations of Minutemen volunteers are being denied by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. True or not, the Bush administration continues to follow absurd policies on both issues of border security and illegal immigration.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 16:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Security surprised by skullduggery in a suitcase </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/10/skull.luggage/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/10/skull.luggage/index.html</guid><description>"The spirits gave it to me,"  a Haitian woman told a Homeland Security officer about what appeared to be a human skull in her suitcase.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Six die in Texas crash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/26/texas.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/26/texas.crash/index.html</guid><description>Six people died and eight were hurt Thursday when a pickup truck collided with a car-carrier in South Texas, said an official with the Texas Department of Public Safety.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>When in Rome, buy from the Romans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/10/06/shopping.abroad/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/10/06/shopping.abroad/index.html</guid><description>Hitting local shops and markets for mementos of your travels is a good way to curb the temptation to add to that miscellaneous T-shirt and shot glass collection.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. border protection chief resigns</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/28/bonner.retirement/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/28/bonner.retirement/index.html</guid><description>The commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Robert C. Bonner, said Wednesday that he will retire.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 01:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Border Patrol chopper forced down</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/25/border.incident/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/25/border.incident/index.html</guid><description>Rock-throwing illegal immigrants near Yuma, Arizona, forced a U.S. Border Patrol helicopter pilot to make an emergency landing this week, the customs agency said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crushing Innovation</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/28/commentary/dobbs/civilian_border_patrol/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/28/commentary/dobbs/civilian_border_patrol/index.htm</guid><description>When is a great idea about securing our nation's porous borders not a great idea? Surprisingly, when it comes from the country's top border official.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crushing innovation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/28/nixing.proposal/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/28/nixing.proposal/index.html</guid><description>When is a great idea about securing our nation's porous borders not a great idea? Surprisingly, when it comes from the country's top border official.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Family on Air France flight freed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/12/airfrance.diverted/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/12/airfrance.diverted/index.html</guid><description>U.S. authorities have released a passenger and his family detained after their transatlantic Air France flight was diverted to Maine Thursday afternoon when the man's name matched one on the U.S. "no-fly" list, federal officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 23:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Feds won't let man get away with b-o-l-o-g-n-a</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/25/smuggled.bologna/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/25/smuggled.bologna/index.html</guid><description>Federal agents found and destroyed 845 pounds of bologna and 100 pounds of cheese someone smuggled into the United States from Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coast Guard picks up stranded people</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/28/florida.migrants/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/28/florida.migrants/index.html</guid><description>Thirty-two Spanish-speaking people were picked up Friday by the Coast Guard from an islet off the Florida coast near Miami where they had been stranded, said a spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Man returned to France after U.S. refuses entry</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/21/flight.diverted/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/21/flight.diverted/index.html</guid><description>A traveler departed on a flight to France Sunday after authorities refused him entry to the United States, a spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>America's 21st Century Borders The U.S. is constructing a "virtual" border to stop terrorists and their weapons before they get </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/09/06/380308/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/09/06/380308/index.htm</guid><description>Tom Ridge's Aug. 1 warning of an imminent terrorist strike on America, followed by reports that terrorists may be planning to hijack chartered helicopters in New York City, invites some fundamental...</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: Plane passenger with suicide note arrested</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/07/14/airport.arrest/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/07/14/airport.arrest/index.html</guid><description>Immigration officials are holding an airline passenger who was arrested in Minnesota carrying suspicious materials, government sources said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. Customs targeting Pakistanis</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/29/customs.pakistanis/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/29/customs.pakistanis/index.html</guid><description>A bulletin from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection department asks inspectors at the country's major airports to closely examine all passengers of Pakistani descent for injuries that may have been incurred in terrorist training camps, a U.S. official has confirmed to CNN.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2004 01:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Summertime won't be relaxing for homeland security</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/07/homeland.insecurity/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/07/homeland.insecurity/index.html</guid><description>This summer's travel season is expected to be the busiest in years, but with warnings of a possible terror attack inside the United States, security concerns will also be high.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2004 14:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Homeland insecurity</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/04/news/lou_travel/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/04/news/lou_travel/index.htm</guid><description>This summer's travel season is expected to be the busiest in years, but with warnings of a possible terror attack inside the United States, security concerns will also be high.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2004 17:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spanky the clown arrested on porn charges</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/25/clown.porn.charges/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/25/clown.porn.charges/index.html</guid><description>Spanky, a clown with the renowned Ringling Brothers and Barnum &amp;amp; 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That cut the flow of more than 60% of U.S. i...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>They're Rocking</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/11/01/290899/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/11/01/290899/index.htm</guid><description>Steve and Ann Thiede of Highland Village, Texas are starting to think about retirement. Steve, 53, a U.S. Customs Service inspector, and Ann, 47, a teacher, have three rental properties that net th...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>In Defense of Money Laundering</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/27/266170/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/27/266170/index.htm</guid><description>Money laundering. It sure sounds malevolent, doesn't it? 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You filled out the declaration card on the plane and upon arrival paid the 7 1/2% duty to the U.S. Customs Serv...</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 1991 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shopping with a kick</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/07/01/85917/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/07/01/85917/index.htm</guid><description>In New York City, the high-stepping Maud Frizon shoes pictured above will set you back $385 plus tax. Buy a similar pair in Paris, and you save more than $70. The secret? 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