Government weighs private screeners for airports next year
Washington reports that six months into the all federal airport screening program lawmakers study standards to allow some airports to hire private screeners again. TSA involvement, training parity, and airport workload management are debated by officials, lawmakers, and industry groups amid concerns about costs and passenger wait times.
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Peter DeFazio
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DNA samples under review in Louisiana serial killer case
With a suspect in custody, investigators wrestle with what to do with DNA from over 1000 men in a broad genetic dragnet. A tested man sues to remove his DNA, raising privacy vs. crime fighting tensions as officials defer decisions to the district attorney.
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Mary Ann Godawa
Doug Moreau
Families still wait for remains at World Trade Center site
One year after the cleanup ended at the World Trade Center site, about 1,300 families still await identification of their loved ones among nearly 2,800 deaths. Cleanup ended May 30, 2002, with recovery workers continuing debris searches at Staten Island landfill until last July. Identifications slowed as smaller remains and degraded DNA hindered results.
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John Casazza
Tim Reilly
Richard Gabrielle
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Cantor Fitzgerald
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Mercury fears rise as Uncertain residents eat tainted bass
In Uncertain Texas residents ignore mercury advisories and eat bass from Caddo Lake. Dwight Shellman leads the Caddo Lake Institute urging resident screening for mercury exposure. The state health department funds only fish testing and refuses human testing despite eight years of advisories. Shellman plans a fall health fair with free mercury, cancer, and diabetes tests aiming to screen about 200 of roughly 2,000 lake area residents.
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