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Schwarzenegger: Faster border crossing a priority- 08/20/2008LOS ANGELES — Hoping to cut down on wait times at the border, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he and other governors are exploring the idea of public-private partnerships to construct ... 
Homeland Security setting up counterspy unit- 08/13/2008WASHINGTON — Concerns about foreign spies and terrorists have prompted the Homeland Security Department to set up its own counterintelligence division and require strict reporting from employees ... 
New technology IDs pathogens by DNA weight signatures- 08/07/2008WASHINGTON — A new technology that can quickly distinguish between subtly different strains of anthrax might have been central to the FBI's investigation of the deadly anthrax letters that killed ... 
Nation headed for heightened alert- 07/31/2008WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department will soon tell its employees to review security and emergency plans as the country enters into a period of heightened alert lasting until next summer ... 
States report progress at FEMA- 07/25/2008WASHINGTON — A hearing last week of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery was called to assess the federal government's response to some of the 169 major disasters since Hurricanes Katrina ... 
Md.'s stellar emergency response network remainsl vulnerable- 07/18/2008BALTIMORE, Md. — As their counterparts elsewhere cope with earthquakes and tornadoes, the Marylanders charged with planning for the unimaginable say the state's emergency response infrastructure, ... 
Gas price is wild card in storm evacuations- 07/09/2008This year's hurricane warning reveals something on the minds of those responsible for evacuations — high fuel prices. Last year's phrase, "Keep your gas tanks full," has been replaced by a simple ... 
National Guard to help fight Calif. fires- 07/03/2008SACRAMENTO — Firefighters today continued to battle a fusillade of wildfires plaguing Northern California, including a destructive blaze that has charred homes and threatened tourist haunts along ... 
Nuke detectors tested on private jets- 06/26/2008ANDREWS AFB, Md. — In between two hangars, near planes used to transport heads of state and military cargo, agents from the Homeland Security Department are searching every cranny of a DC-9 and ... 
Floods engulf archaic levee system- 06/19/2008The sprawling network of levees – built over many years to protect the Upper Mississippi basin from flooding – was never designed to withstand the magnitude of a 500-year flood. 
New Orleans homeland security chief to retire- 06/16/2008NEW ORLEANS — Retired Marine Col. Terry Ebbert, who as Mayor Ray Nagin's homeland security chief oversaw the City Hall response to Hurricane Katrina, announced Tuesday that he will retire at ... 
Floods wreak havoc - 06/10/2008
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