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The Arab Tribune - 16 minutes ago
The Alabama Marine Police is putting a new boat into service at Guntersville. It received a Port Security Grant from the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security and FEMA to purchase the 10-meter boat plus an 11-meter boat for the Port of Mobile area.
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Atlantic News Telegraph - 20 minutes ago
The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the National Weather Service have declared Thursday, Nov.12, 2009 as Winter Weather Awareness Day in Iowa. Blizzards and winter storms over the last few years have demonstrated the need for Iowans to be prepared for winter weather.
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consortiumnews.com - 20 minutes ago
With the health-reform bill’s “public option” truly reduced to the “sliver” that President Barack Obama once called it – and indeed having become a feature that mostly benefits the insurance industry – the next question must be: why is it still being opposed by industry defenders like Sen. Joe Lieberman?
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Spartanburg Herald-Journal - 38 minutes ago
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:16 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:16 a.m.
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WNPR Connecticut Public Radio - 41 minutes ago
Governor Jodi Rell called reporters to a press conference late Monday, where she announced she would not run for re-election. The decision by the still-popular Republican Governor throws the race wide open.
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Queens Courier - 46 minutes ago
Parents who live in certain zip codes may want to think twice before bringing their children trick-or-treating this Halloween.
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The Politico - 46 minutes ago
But the House and Senate Armed Services Committees are holding off, for now, on an inquiry.
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Dallas Morning News - 47 minutes ago
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, asked that the House Homeland Security Committee begin its own investigation into whether Army Maj. Midal Malik Hasan had ties to radical groups and whether the Army knew about them.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 50 minutes ago
Colleagues of the accused gunman in the Fort Hood shooting rampage were troubled by his lackluster performance as an army psychiatrist and had discussed removing him, National Public Radio said Tuesday.
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WHSV Harrisonburg - 55 minutes ago
On Monday, the White House announced the launch of an initiative that is designed to transform the federal government into the model employer of America’s veterans.
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CNN - 1 hour 22 minutes ago
Investigators believe the suspected gunman in last week's massacre at Fort Hood acted alone, but his communications had been flagged by U.S. intelligence agencies in late 2008, the FBI said Monday.
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The Nation via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 23 minutes ago
The Nation -- Following the horrific shootings at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, Connecticut Senator Lieberman pulled a thread from the right-wing blogosphere and called for a congressional inquiry into whether the incident was an act of "terrorism."
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UPI - 1 hour 23 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Nearly 200 key policy jobs in Barack Obama's administration remain vacant a year after he was elected president.
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The Savage Pacer - 1 hour 23 minutes ago
Seasoned Minnesotans may claim that nothing about a Minnesota winter could surprise them, but statistics say otherwise. That’s why the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and a group of seven partners annually sponsor Winter Hazard Awareness Week. This year’s event, from Nov. 9–13, focuses on preparedness and prevention, and adds a new Winter Photo Contest. read more
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The White House - 1 hour 26 minutes ago
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release November 9, 2009 Executive Order - - - - - Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of ...