Category Archives: Danger

Disaster aid bill fails in Republican-led House

By doris | Published: September 22, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — House GOP leaders are regrouping after a surprise loss on a measure to provide $3.7 billion for disaster relief and prevent a government shutdown at the end of next week. Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said Thursday that he would meet with Republican lawmakers this afternoon on Capitol Hill [...]

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Social Security disability on verge of insolvency

By doris | Published: August 22, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security’s disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency. Applications are up nearly 50 percent over a decade ago as people with disabilities lose their jobs and can’t find new ones in an [...]

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Obama criticized for inaction on gun control

By doris | Published: June 20, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — More than five months after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head, the White House has yet to take any new steps on gun violence, even though that’s what President Barack Obama called for in the wake of the shooting. The silence from the administration is drawing criticism [...]

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Budget bill add-on would impact wolves

By doris | Published: April 14, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A rider in the budget bill to keep the federal government in operation has triggered fury among some wildlife groups because it would remove certain wolves from the endangered species list. The attachment affects gray wolf populations in Montana and Idaho. “Right now, Montana’s wolf population is out of [...]

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The day that changed presidential security forever

By doris | Published: March 30, 2011

Full Story atCNN.com Washington (CNN) — “If we had been a split second slower, he could have been hit in the head.” It has been 30 years since the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. But for retired Secret Service agent Ray Shaddick, the memories of that gray, rainy day in Washington remain clear. It [...]

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Fears mounting over U.S. nuclear plants

By doris | Published: March 15, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Just two months ago, California residents living near a controversial nuclear power plant grilled nuclear regulators over the reactor’s safety at a public hearing. At issue was the 2008 discovery of a previously unknown earthquake fault located less than a half mile off shore from the plant. “Can [...]

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Senate votes to end military ban on gays

By doris | Published: December 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — In a landmark for gay rights, the Senate on Saturday voted to let gays serve openly in the military, giving President Barack Obama the chance to fulfill a campaign promise and repeal the 17-year policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Obama was expected to sign it next week, [...]

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At last, hero of ongoing war is alive to receive Medal of Honor

By doris | Published: September 12, 2010

Full Story at At last CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Medals of Honor have been rare since the end of the Vietnam war. And not one of the recipients from the Somalia, Iraq or Afghanistan deployments have been alive to have the iconic blue ribbon with the gold star draped around his neck. Until now. The [...]

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Man accused of death threats against U.S. senator

By doris | Published: April 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Police arrested a 64-year-old Washington state resident who authorities say made death threats against Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. A department statement said the suspect, identified as Charles Alan Wilson of Selah, Washington, made the threats in phone messages to Murray’s office between [...]

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Sources: Feds scrambling to find additional air marshals

By doris | Published: January 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The federal government is scrambling to find ways to comply with President Obama’s order to put more air marshals on flights after a botched Christmas Day airline terrorist attack, government sources have told CNN. Hundreds of additional marshals could be “loaned” from the Secret Service and U.S. Customs [...]

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Are dogs the key to bomb detection at airports?

By doris | Published: December 31, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Banning, California (CNN) — How could a man who allegedly had explosives hidden in his underwear have been allowed to board a plane headed for the United States? Anti-terrorism experts say it never should have happened, and that specially trained bomb-sniffing dogs could have provided a low-tech way to detect such [...]

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Feds: Couple crashed Obama’s state dinner

By doris | Published: November 26, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Two people without invitations crashed President Obama’s first White House state dinner, the U.S. Secret Service said Wednesday. The Secret Service confirmed a Washington Post report that the couple who crashed Tuesday night’s dinner were Tareq and Michaele Salahi. The Post described the couple as polo-playing socialites from [...]

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