Ridge pushes biometric fingerprints for U S passports
United States should embed citizen fingerprints on passports to improve global security, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said. He proposed full ten-finger biometric scans to aid customs, but gave no specifics on privacy safeguards or international identity theft protection. Ridge spoke at CSIS before travel to discuss security with the European Union.
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FBI scraps $150 million software system
The Justice Department ends work on an FBI software system costing over 150 million dollars. It aimed to unify case files across locations but failed to meet needs. DOJ began private talks with contractors three months earlier to propose a new investigative case file solution.
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Fog pileups kill three in Mich and Ind
In Michigan about 200 vehicles crashed in dense fog on a highway near Lansing injuring many. a 14 year old boy died in an SUV pileup on I-96 as his mother and grandmother were reported in critical condition. Another fatality occurred in Indiana where at least 20 vehicles piled up east of South Bend amid heavy fog. weather officials warned visibility could be under a quarter mile.
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Interns Driving Impaired After Marathon Shifts
A New England Journal of Medicine study reports medical interns who endure 32 hour shifts with minimal sleep double their risk of car crashes and are nearly six times more likely to report near collision incidents on their commute home. The findings highlight safety risks for both interns and other drivers after extended on call periods.
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Power restored in Arctic village after blizzard outage
In Kaktovik Alaska an Alaska Air National Guard helicopter delivered two technicians who restored power to about three quarters of the village population of 300. The outage began after a blizzard with near hurricane winds left homes in the deep freeze at minus 20 degrees. Officials say the outage may have been caused by power equipment damage.
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Devastating mudslide tragedy in La Conchita claims Wallet family
After 36 hours of search, Jimmie Wallet learns his wife Michelle and three daughters Hannah Raven and Paloma perished in La Conchita slide. Another daughter Jasmine, 16, lives in Ventura. Shelter and rescue efforts continue as authorities estimate at least three more people missing.
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