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Baltimore, other cities battle federal security funding plan
Local homeland security officials in Baltimore and across the country are fighting a proposal to change how $2 billion in federal emergency management money is distributed — a change they say would jeopardize regional efforts to respond to terrorist...Tags: Tampa, Anne Arundel County, Thurgood Marshall, George W. Bush, Amtrak
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CERT training should not be cut
The Glendale Fire Department’s CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training program is an essential tool for our community. It should never be cut from the department's budget (“Fire Dept. plan would save city $2.5M,” May 26). CERT...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Los Angeles, Disasters and Accidents, California, History (tv network)
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A big accident waiting to happen at rail crossings
A two-day enforcement sting this week at the Doran Street, Chevy Chase and Brazil/Broadway rail crossings in Glendale — which included one motorist literally driving through a set of arm guards — should serve as yet another wake-up call to...Tags: Railway Accidents, Vehicles, Disasters and Accidents, Chevy Chase, Cook County Government
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Friends hold vigil for 'a little spitfire'
When the mourners arrived for their vigil Monday, a Bethlehem police crime scene van was still parked outside Trisha Sadler's house and yellow police tape was stretched around the yard. The thudding of a nail gun came from inside as some city workers...Tags: Wells Fargo & Co., Allentown, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Crime, Law and Justice
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Major funding cuts hurt local agencies
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY – It's something tens of thousands of families in our area can't live without, but local emergency assistance programs are now facing massive cuts of their own after the government cut federal funding.
This money is used to...Tags: United Way , Michael Hayes, Disasters and Accidents, Rentals, FEMA
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Carnival to review safety, emergency response on all its lines
Updated 5:40 p.m. Latest statement from Carnival Corp. Carnival Corporation & plc Announces Comprehensive Audit and Review of Safety and Emergency Response Across All Its Cruise Lines (received 5:32 p.m.) MIAMI – January 19, 2012 –...
Tags: Politics, Costa Concordia Shipwreck, U.S. Navy, Micky Arison, Medical Procedures and Tests
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These travel helpers pack well
Summer is the time to hit the road on vacation. Here are some products that will make traveling a little smoother, direct you if you take a wrong turn, and let you capture your experiences on film, er, SD card.
AAA Car Kit AAA makes (or rather,...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc., Minor League Baseball, First Aid, Travel
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City works to make safer temporary structures
The Department of Code Enforcement inspects temporary structures built around the area. Each temporary structure built in Indianapolis has to have an evacuation plan, if storms move through. In St. Louis, Saturday afternoon, one person was killed...
Tags: Weather Statistics, Weather, Super Bowl, National Football League
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NCRA to pay penalties
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe National Cooperative Refinery Association (NCRA) has agreed to pay $700,000 in penalties to the United States and the State of Kansas, and perform a series of injunctive relief actions, to settle violations of federal environmental laws and the Kansas...Tags: Natural Resources, Environmental Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, Insurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Report shows where Edison faltered after the windstorm
A study of Southern California Edison's response to the fierce windstorm that ripped through the region last fall found 70 ways the utility could improve its response to the next disaster. The study, commissioned by Edison and released Wednesday,...
Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Adam Schiff, Pasadena (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Renovation, Southern California Edison Company
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Senior Living: Do I need an emergency device?
Q. I live alone and my daughter wants me to get one of those devices that you wear around your neck and push to call for help in case of an emergency. I don't think I need one since I always carry my cellphone in my pocket. What do you think? There are...Tags: Allergies, Disasters and Accidents, Pharmaceuticals, Radio, Entertainment
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Va. Tech Lifts Lockdown After Reports of Gunman on Campus
Virginia Tech officials have lifted a campus-wide alert that was issued after three children attending a summer camp reported a man holding what looked like a gun near a dining hall.
An email from the university Thursday afternoon says "the university...Tags: Montgomery County (Virginia), Colleges and Universities, Politics, Bob McDonnell, Seung-Hui Cho
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