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Feds call for new safety review of airport scanners
This post has been updated. See note below.Responding to critics, the Department of Homeland Security is launching another safety study of full-body scanners used to screen passengers at the nation's airports. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Transportation Security...Tags: X-rays, Susan Collins, Science and Technology, Science, Medical Procedures and Tests
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TSA ends contract with Rapiscan, maker of full-body scanner
The Transportation Security Administration has ended a contract with the Hawthorne-based manufacturer of a controversial full-body scanner used to screen passengers. Rapiscan, a unit of OSI Systems Inc., manufactured about half of the full-body scanners...
Tags: Transportation Security Administration, OSI Systems Incorporated, Los Angeles International Airport
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TSA PreCheck program kicks off today at FLL airport
Just in time for the holidays, some frequent travelers may be able to breeze through security courtesy of a new federal program launching today at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Miami International Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Global Expansion, Transportation Security Administration
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State senator had gun in garment bag at O'Hare, police say
A Democratic state senator who is seeking former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s congressional seat was arrested Wednesday at O'Hare International Airport after trying to board an aircraft to Washington, D.C., with a gun, authorities said. Sen. Donne...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Donne E Trotter, Toi Hutchinson, Firearms, Democratic Party
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More firearms uncovered at airports in 2012
The variety and quantity of firearms discovered at the nation’s airports continued to grow in 2012. As of Nov. 30, the Transportation Security Administration had uncovered about 1,500 firearms in carry-on bags and in the clothes of would-be...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Airways, Firearms, Transportation Security Administration, Weaponry
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Security measures planned for the Reno County Courthouse
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsSecurity measures are being planned for the Reno County Courthouse. For years, law enforcement, judges and attorneys have complained the building is a target for violence. The main reason- there's no security checkpoints at the door. County...Tags: Justice System, Prisons, Politics, Elections, Law Enforcement
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Postal inspectors intercept mailed drugs
James A. Buck gladly accepted the package at his Parkville office from the deliveryman wearing a UPS uniform. But minutes later, police swooped in to arrest Buck, 54, and seized the parcel, which had contained three pounds of marijuana he sent to himself...Tags: Government Postal Delivery, Cheye Calvo, Drug Trafficking, Linthicum, Law Enforcement
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Obama's gift to pay-frozen federal workers: Take Christmas Eve off
WASHINGTON -- 'Twas the day before Christmas and all across the federal government, workers were enjoying an extra day off after President Obama issued an executive order closing offices Monday and excusing all but postal service employees from duty....
Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Politics, Barack Obama, Employees
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Orwell's '1984' coming true
AberdeenIn the 1949 science fiction book, “1984,” writer George Orwell describes the mythical land of Oceania where Big Brother watches and controls all aspects of its citizens' lives. The media is controlled by Big Brother and the thought...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, New York City, George W. Bush, Terrorism, The Pentagon
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TSA officer arrested on suspicion of theft at LAX
L.A. NOWA federal Transportation Security Administration officer was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of stealing $100 from an airline passenger who was going through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. Los Angeles... -
As holiday nears, BWI moves to ease crunch on land, in air
With the busiest travel period of the year just a few anxious days away, BWI Marshall Airport is in an all-out push to burnish its reputation as the "easy come, easy go" airport. Wednesday morning, federal security officials added BWI to a pre-...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Holidays, Transportation Security Administration, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, AirTran
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China bans toy planes, pigeons to secure congress
BEIJING (AP) — Don't roll down the taxi windows. Don't buy a remote-controlled plane without a police chief's permission. And don't release your pigeons. Beijing is tightening security as its all-important Communist Party congress approaches, and...Tags: Table Tennis, Politics, Interior Policy, Sports, Hu Jintao
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