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School shooting brings back haunting memories of Laurie Dann
As the nation watched in horror the news of the Connecticut school rampage, one Chicago woman viewed the events Friday with unique insight into the pain of the young victims' parents. In 1988, Linda Corwin's 8-year-old son Nicholas was a gap-toothed...
Tags: Shootings, Health and Safety at School
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U.S. homeland security notice weighs on OSI Systems' new contracts
Reuters(Reuters) - OSI Systems Inc said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued it a "proposed debarment notice" related to privacy concerns over its full-body passenger scanners used in airports, limiting the company's ability to sign new federal...Tags: National Security, Transportation Security Administration, OSI Systems Incorporated
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Smart TV: The industry push to keep getting smarter
For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an I.Q. injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition...Tags: NBC (tv network), John McCain, International CES, Personal Data Collection, Services and Shopping
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Deerfield, Highland Park spring sports teams performing well
From mid-May through early June, state spring sports are winding down in Illinois and every day brings that win-or-go-home excitement. Here is a wrapup on how some of the area teams have fared in recent weeks. Boys tennis Deerfield's tennis team...
Tags: Illinois High School Association, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), High School Sports, Deerfield, Grayslake
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Communication could stop a con
The South Bend piece of the Ray Holycross case has now come to an end with a guilty plea and sentencing to 18 months in jail and to pay restitution. Holycross has now been convicted of theft but the story goes much deeper than that; he was able to gain...Tags: Barack Obama, Janet Napolitano, Trials, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Punishment
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John F. Brinson: U.S. fighting world war against a political ideology
World War I was everybody versus Germany and Austria (1914-18). World War II was everybody versus Germany, Italy and Japan (1939-45.) World War III was the Cold War, with everybody versus the Soviet communist empire (1947-91). World War IV began in 1979...
Tags: Barack Obama, Judaism, FBI, Religion and Belief, Islam
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Government, Finance, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Quiet tornado season a year after 14 die in Ind.
SOUTH BEND (AP) — A little more than a year after tornadoes ripped across southern Indiana, killing 14 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of homes and businesses, the state has seen a relatively quiet tornado season. Preliminary reports...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Tornadoes, National Weather Service, Meteorological Disasters
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Maryland Jockey Club president says Preakness brand 'has changed dramatically'
Baltimore Sun Media GroupMaryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas said Saturday that the Preakness brand “has changed dramatically” in the last few years, citing an attendance bump in the infield celebration and increased security all around the racetrack. ...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), FBI, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Sports, Horse and Harness Racing
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Building evacuated in Aberdeen after Congressional staffers find suspicious envelopes
Three envelopes without return addresses were sent to Aberdeen offices of South Dakota's congressional delegation, causing emergency officials to block off streets and a hazardous materials team to investigate Friday. About 20 people were evacuated...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama, John Thune, Fires, Tim Johnson
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Grant will boost Berrien communications
South Bend TribuneNILES — A nearly $1 million federal grant will go a long way toward improving communications during Berrien County emergencies and perhaps will save lives. Officials at the dispatch center of the Niles Law Enforcement Complex, 1600 Silverbrook Ave....Tags: Fires
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Editorial: Conservatives should lead on immigration
If President Barack Obama delivers on his promise to sign meaningful immigration legislation in his second term, it could be because he wisely stayed out of the way while Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican with his eye on the White House, did the...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama, Republican Party, George W. Bush, U.S. Senate
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