Probe: Chicago schools left computers unused
Congressional investigators visiting Chicago as part of a probe into how billions of dollars were spent to connect schools and libraries to the Internet said they discovered Chicago Public Schools...
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Simulated attacks called valuable
Federal and local officials said Friday that they gleaned useful information from the simulated terrorist attacks on Chicago and Seattle this year, including the need to urgently fix communications flaws...
U.S. ends Muslim registry
The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it is largely scrapping a controversial Justice Department-initiated program requiring men from predominantly Muslim nations to come in for questioning, fingerprinting and...
For jury, question is close to home
It's not every day that you see a Jewish person preach about Jesus to a group of Christians, but that's precisely what happened last week during the sentencing phase of...
Gaps dog U.S. efforts on security
Ralph Trussell is the Lone Ranger of Meigs County, the only officer left in the old red brick sheriff's office that's open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Among...
Power loss inquiry may take months
It will take weeks, if not months, to determine the cause of the widespread North American power outage, which plunged 50 million people from Michigan to Manhattan into darkness, officials...
Experts raise complacency alert
A recorded statement reputedly from a senior Al Qaeda leader urging followers to attack Americans added to widespread jitters Wednesday and Pentagon officials confirmed they had increased the military's terror...
Hectic day scripted for terror drill
There will be plenty of potential traffic slowdowns and strange scenes Thursday on what is expected to be the most disruptive day of a weeklong mock terrorism attack. Helicopters will...
2nd diplomat quits over policy on Iraq
State Department official John Brown has joined longtime Foreign Service officer John Brady Kiesling in resigning from the government to protest the Bush administration policy that has placed the nation...
Cell phones pose crisis for 911 lines
People with wireless phones in their pockets or purses are unwittingly fraying nerves of officials at 911 call centers around the country as jostled phones automatically place emergency calls, tying...