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A teenager’s tefillin — leather boxes that are strapped to the forearm and forehead during prayers by certain Jewish sects — caused an emergency alert early this week by passengers
New research from Gartner indicates that the mobile Web, as in cell phones and smartphones, will overtake PCs as the most common devices used for Web access sometime during the
Last year, the number of firefighter killed while on duty was the lowest it has been in more than 15 years. Ninety firefighters died while on duty in 2009, according
It seems that everyone and his brother have advice on how to handle airport security after the underwear bomber incident. The cable TV talking heads have their own views, often
The opening of the Detroit Auto Show later this week also opens a can of worms. Many cities and states have passed laws to restrict texting by automobile drivers. It
Security Magazine has just learned that Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair has asked John E. McLaughlin, a former Acting Director of Central Intelligence, to head a small group
A review of the protection of the judiciary and United States Attorneys, in a redacted version obtained by Security Magazine, states that threats against U.S. judges and federal prosecutors jumped
With grant money from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, states and municipalities are investing in new police, fire and emergency management radios. For example, in Wisconsin, more than 350
With law enforcement, private security and even consumers using Taser gear, a ruling this week in San Francisco sets standards of use and level of claims. Police need reasons to
Allegedly on terror watch list, U.S. warned by his father, how did the Flight 253 bomb suspect not get pulled? Questions are being asked about how a man “known”