Federal inspectors expand radiation checks at U.S. ports
Washington AP A Customs official said inspectors began using small pager like detectors at U.S. ports to screen travelers for radiation as part of a broader anti terrorism effort. Spokesman Dean Boyd noted travelers’ passports are checked and detectors alert if radiation is detected.
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Bush tax plan fails families argues Murray
Senator Patty Murray of Washington criticizes the Bush tax plan as hurting American families amid domestic and international challenges. She says the $695 billion, 10 year tax cut would not help as claimed, noting many taxpayers would receive less than $100 and that the plan is not the whole story.
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Lockheed Martin to Build National Airline Passenger Check
The Transportation Department awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year contract to develop a system that checks background information and assigns a threat level to all commercial air passengers. The initial phase is valued at 12.8 million dollars. Civil liberties groups warn of privacy invasions and mislabeling innocent people as security risks.
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NASA engineers warned of shuttle risks before disaster
Emails reveal Langley manager Doug Dwayer raised safety concerns to center director Del Freeman and asked if he should alert NASA official Richard Blomberg. Flight controllers warned of a burned wing and wheel well breaches as Columbia re entered, with sensors failing before impact.
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NASA Administrator Sean O Keefe refuses to reassign top shuttle officials from the investigation into the Columbia disaster. He instead to form a new external task force to assist the board led by Adm Harold Gehman, insisting removal would bias the inquiry and defends the integrity of the probe.
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