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Possible human skull pieces found in airport carry-on
Airport security agents made a macabre discovery Wednesday after they examined the contents of a broken pot in a carry-on bag: shards of a possible human skull and teeth. They may have been good luck charms unwittingly purchased in Cuba. The bones...Tags: AirTran, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Punishment, Miramar
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Boston bombs showed some expertise
WASHINGTON — Investigators said the two Boston Marathon bombs were triggered by long-range remote controls for toy cars — a more sophisticated design than originally believed — bolstering a theory that the older suspect received bomb-...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Science and Technology, Law Enforcement, Electronics, Islam
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Miramar to open fire station for central area
A new fire station will be opening later this year to serve central Miramar. The temporary fire station will be on Miramar Parkway about a half-mile east of Flamingo Road. Fire Station 107 will be funded by a $1.9 million Staffing for Adequate Fire...Tags: here! (tv network), Miramar, FEMA
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Scott signs drones bill into law
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law Thursday regulations on the use of drones by law enforcement, making Florida among the first states to regulate the unmanned aircraft. "I believe the real need for this is we want our own...
Tags: Executive Branch, Law Enforcement, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Rick Scott
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Canada terror suspect grew more radical
TORONTO (AP) — One of two men accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada became radicalized to the point that his father reached out to a Muslim support group for help and advice, a local religious leader said...
Tags: Canada, Crime, Law and Justice, Al-Qaeda, Rentals, Terrorism
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Board approves $285,000 for consultant to tell police how to better run department
Baltimore's spending panel on Wednesday unanimously approved $285,000 for city police to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. Despite the protests of competing...
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Politics, Government
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Legal help for detainees
On Monday, the Obama administration announced a new policy to provide legal help to mentally disabled immigrants awaiting deportation trials in federal detention centers. A day later, a federal judge in Los Angeles reached the same conclusion, ruling that...
Tags: International Law, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Deportation, Justice System
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Lawmakers cite Boston bombings in questions on immigration bill
WASHINGTON — On the third day of hearings on a bill to overhaul the immigration system, senators took a break from partisan sniping and grilled Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on whether the Boston bombings had exposed shortcomings in...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Law Enforcement, Patrick Leahy, Human Mishaps, Personal Data Collection
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Brace for delays at O'Hare
Delays may average 50 minutes per flight at O'Hare International Airport this week because of fewer air traffic controllers in the tower until the federal budget sequestration is resolved, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It would be the...
Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Budgets and Budgeting, Transportation, Midway Airport, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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Illinois' method for measuring student poverty raises count statewide
In the federal government's view, an estimated 1,339 poor schoolchildren live within the affluent Arlington Heights-based School District 59. But the state counted 3,536 poor students when it doled out a "poverty grant" to the district this school year....
Tags: University of Chicago, Children's Health, Burr Ridge, O'Hare International Airport, Money and Monetary Policy
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Run and walk to support lung cancer research
Mayors from several North Shore towns, including Highland Park, Deerfield and Highwood, are backing Breathe Deep North Shore Day on Sunday. A 5K run and 1-mile walk in Deerfield is expected to bring out 1,500 and raise more than $100,000, according to...Tags: Schools, Medical Research, Research, Lung Cancer, High Schools
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COLUMN: What next after Boston?
The last time there was a terrorist attack on America, we got the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration. Each entity has spent billions to keep us safe, but neither could stop two brothers, Tamerlan, a permanent...Tags: Google Inc., Jihad, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Government
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