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The Navy is testing a new generation of military binoculars that can scan faces and identify suspects from 650 feet away.

The statute of limitations on the 11-year-old crime is past, the FBI reports, and the armored car company heist has never been solved. 

$200 million-worth in automobiles, electronics and gold was purchased on some 25,000 fraudulent credit cards in an 18-person crime ring, prosecutors allege.

The U.S. economy loses $250 billion to counterfeiting each year, but only a fraction of the goods are ever detected and confiscated by the government. 

Canines trained to detect explosives on people in high-risk airports are instead being used to screen cargo, in some cases, the GAO reports. 

Online attackers successfully penetrated the Department of Energy (DOE) network in the middle of January and obtained copies of personally identifiable information.

IBM is looking at using big data analysis to enhance corporate and homeland security, and detect and prevent cyber attacks.

UK-based security conference IFSEC International has announced their top 40 people in the security and fire industries today. 

Shifting gears proved too difficult for two Florida car-jackers, who had to be coached by their victim on how to turn the car on.