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His proposed "great wall" gets all the attention. But his plan would mean record spending on top of what's already record spending on border enforcement.

In a White House news conference Thursday morning, President Obama urged Congress to pass his jobs-creation plan.

The dinosaur named Llukalkan aliocranianus was a predator with a menacing appearance and the ability to strike fear in its prey. Paleontologists said it roamed the Earth nearly 80 million years ago.