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Suspicious Packages on Linfield Campus Cleared

national — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:33:36 +0000

Details are sketching on an early morning “suspicious package” scare that shut down parts of the Linfield College campus. The morning after a football victory that will send its team to the NCAA semi-finals, Linfield College was on lock-down as the Oregon State Police’s Bomb Squad swooped in to clear at least five “suspicious packages” scattered [...]

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Suspicious Packages on Linfield Campus Cleared

SWAT Team Takes Down Man Armed With LEGO Gun

national — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:21:49 +0000

According to the National Post (original article here), a Toronto man who happens to be a big LEGO fan, was working in a downtown office on Friday when the replica gun made from LEGO that he’d ordered from online retailer BrickGun arrived. He assembled the model and later closed his office door for a conference [...]

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SWAT Team Takes Down Man Armed With LEGO Gun

Subway Airflow Tests To Prepare For Possible Terror Attacks

national — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:29:41 +0000

A team of researchers convened by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is slated to begin a series of tests Monday at 20 MBTA stations to determine how airborne contaminants would spread in a terrorist attack on Boston’s subway system. “We hope to gain information from airflow tests that tell us what type of (protective measures) [...]

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Subway Airflow Tests To Prepare For Possible Terror Attacks

Was Chicago Terror Suspect Plotting Attack On Jews?

national — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:12:26 +0000

In a story that seems to be unfolding daily, the latest twist involves a book Chicago terror suspect David Coleman Headley carried with him, “How to Pray like a Jew”. Mr. Headley isn’t Jewish. He is an Islamic fundamentalist. Headley, a Pakistani native whose birth name was Daood Gilani before he changed it, was using the [...]

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Was Chicago Terror Suspect Plotting Attack On Jews?

AirTran Flight 297: Man Who Wrote E-mail Not On Plane Say’s Airline

national — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:48:30 +0000

The debate of what actually took place on AirTran Flight 297 continues unabated on several blogs and websites today and it doesn’t appear the story will go away anytime soon. Both Debbie Schussel and World Net Daily have posted articles questioning AirTran’s response to the incident, suggesting the airline is not telling the full story. [...]

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AirTran Flight 297: Man Who Wrote E-mail Not On Plane Say’s Airline

Fema Nuclear Drill For Las Vegas Canceled

national — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:59:51 +0000

A Federal Emergency Management Agency training exercise that would have simulated the detonation of a nuclear device in Las Vegas has been canceled. The Department of Homeland Security decided not to go forward with the drill that had been scheduled for next May. Senator Harry Reid and various Southern Nevada tourism and business leaders had objected [...]

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Fema Nuclear Drill For Las Vegas Canceled

Detainee Claims He Saw Bin Laden Earlier This Year

national — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:52:39 +0000

The BBC is reporting that a Taliban detainee in Pakistan claims to have information about Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts earlier this year. Although his claims cannot be verified, a leading American expert says his account should be investigated. The detainee claims to have met Osama Bin Laden numerous times before 9/11. He says that earlier this year [...]

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Detainee Claims He Saw Bin Laden Earlier This Year

CDC Warning of Fake Swine Flu H1N1 Emails

national — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:18:04 +0000

CDC is reporting it has received reports of fraudulent emails (phishing) referencing a CDC sponsored State Vaccination Program. The messages request that users must create a personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov website. The message then states that anyone that has reached the age of 18 has to have his/her personal Vaccination Profile [...]

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CDC Warning of Fake Swine Flu H1N1 Emails

What Happened On AirTran Airways Flight 297

national — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:50:52 +0000

Update: AirTran Flight 297: Man Who Wrote E-mail Not On Plane Say’s Airline Read Post Last month, AirTran Airways Flight 297 with over 70 passengers on board was taxiing down the runway when a passenger reportedly refused to turn off his cell phone. After repeated attempts to have the passenger end the phone conversation, the [...]

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What Happened On AirTran Airways Flight 297

Elf Jailed Over Dynamite Hoax On Santa

national — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:23:17 +0000

A man dressed as an elf was jailed after he told a mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite, police said.Southlake Mall in suburban Atlanta was evacuated but no explosives were found. Police in Morrow, Ga., arrested 45-year-old William Caldwell, who was being held without bond Thursday in the Clayton County jail. He was not part [...]

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Elf Jailed Over Dynamite Hoax On Santa

Napolitano Warns of Threat From al-Qaeda Sympathizers in U.S.

national — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:39:11 +0000

In one of her strongest statements to date on the threat of terrorism in the US, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday night that al-Qaeda followers are indeed inside the U.S. and would like to attack targets here and in other countries. Something we’ve been saying for quite some time. The secretary’s comments were striking [...]

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Napolitano Warns of Threat From al-Qaeda Sympathizers in U.S.

HHS To Review Public Health Threat Readiness

national — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:13:43 +0000

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department announced plans yesterday to reassess the nation’s attempts to produce vaccines and treatments for biological weapons and other public health threats, the Washington Post reported today On a day when the government announced it had made available less than half the hoped-for number of H1N1 vaccine doses, Health and [...]

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HHS To Review Public Health Threat Readiness

Tunnel From Tijuana to San Diego Discovered, 12 Arrested

national — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:01:24 +0000

Mexican authorities have discovered yet another large underground cross-border tunnel stretching from Tijuana Mexico to San Diego California. 12 men have been arrested inside the passageway. The tunnel, which was not complete, featured lighting, electrical and ventilation systems, and an elevator to move materials and workers to depths reaching 100 feet, authorities said. They estimate it [...]

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Tunnel From Tijuana to San Diego Discovered, 12 Arrested

Concerns Grow Over Possible H1N1-H5N1 Mutation

national — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:37:37 +0000

Virologists and influenza authorities are becoming increasingly concerned that the 2009 A-H1N1 flu virus could “reassort” with the highly virulent H5N1 avian flu that’s still prevalent in parts of the world like China, and that a mutation could occur resulting in a new strain that has the lethality of H5N1 and the human transmissibility of [...]

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Concerns Grow Over Possible H1N1-H5N1 Mutation

India Deploys Rapid Response Team To Nuclear Facilities

national — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:42:04 +0000

It’s difficult to say if the threat reported here a couple of weeks ago have increased however; news sources in India today say that the government has tightened security at its nuclear facilities, assigning a rapid response military team to complement civil protection measures after intelligence warnings the sites were a prime target for militants. There [...]

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India Deploys Rapid Response Team To Nuclear Facilities