WASHINGTON (AP) -- A computer glitch corrupted the State Department's annual worldwide lottery for U.S. immigrant visas and the results will be scratched, the Obama administration said Friday, disappointing tens of thousands of would-be immigrants who were notified this year that they had won a chance to come and live legally in the United States....
Computer Glitch Forces Redo Of Us Visa Lottery
By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press
Fri, 05/13/2011 - 10:05am
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