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A dozen Secret Service agents providing security for Barack Obama's diplomatic mission to Latin America have been accused of misconduct.

The greatest monetary cost was upgrades to safety and security, according to the Center for American Progress's report.

Security magazine editor Diane Ritchey was quoted today in a USA Today article on the importance of travel assistance while abroad.

 Government regulators are beginning a three-year program focusing on protecting workers in the nursing and residential care fields from serious safety and health hazards, according to an OSHA news brief.  

 More than 80 public housing developments around New York City will be getting $41 million worth of high-tech cameras, intercoms and locks controlled by electronic key tags. 

 Integrated network cameras are taking on all kinds of new responsibilities in schools, including running iPhone-style applications, reading license plates and even talking back to misbehaving students. 

The Port Authority of Allegheny County is improving perimeter security around its Ross bus garage as the last part of a five-year project. 

According to the 11th annual Security and Compliance Compensation Survey Report, base pay is up by 2.4 percent.

Plans to make anthrax-antidote kits available to the 114 million households in the U.S. may lead to misuse of medicines and stir up public fears, advisers said.

There was a heavy dip in arrests and public drunkenness at the opening day game at Dodgers Stadium.