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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER 9/11 forced state to form better emergency response plan
Even the dark smoke clouds billowing out of the Twin Towers, a Pennsylvania field and the Pentagon 10 years ago contained a silver lining. The East Coast terrorist attacks that killed 2,975 people co...
Posted on 9/12/11 at 5:04 AM
Napolitano, touring Minot: Feds will help, but fed aid for flooding 'not a panacea' 
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano also is cautioning North Dakota residents to be better prepared for future flooding.
By Associated Press , July 13, 2011
Homeland Security head Napolitano to tour Minot Wednesday
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to take a helicopter tour over the city to survey flood damage and meet with state and local officials.
By Associated Press , July 13, 2011
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FEMA to review N.D. individual flood aid eligibility
Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance for individual flood victims has been approved only for Burleigh and Ward counties. The congressional delegation and governor pushed for an expansion.
By Associated Press , June 29, 2011
Senate clears way to extend terror-fighting bill
Senators showed overwhelming support Thursday to extend three terrorism-fighting tools for law enforcement beyond their midnight expiration.
By Jim Abrhams , May 26, 2011
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New York Sen. Schumer: Radar coming to northern border
Sen. Charles Schumer says Homeland Security will begin tapping into Canadian military radar later this year to detect low-flying aircraft used to smuggle drugs from Canada into the United States.
May 17, 2011
Northern states still able to get Homeland Security grants ... for now
Unlike past years, Homeland Security specified in its requests the grant money was to be spent only "to address the nation's Southwest border security issues." That limitation was met with dismay from northern lawmakers from Maine to Montana who argued against cutting support to protect the 5,525-mile U.S.-Canada border.
By Matt Volz , April 25, 2011
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AP Exclusive: U.S. blocks 350 suspected terrorists since end of '09
The tighter security rules — imposed after the attempted bombing of an airliner on Christmas 2009 — reveal a security threat that persisted for more than seven years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
By Eileen Sullivan , April 11, 2011
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UPDATE: Emails: Insiders worried over political 'meddling'
UPDATED 12:20 P.M.The Homeland Security Department official in charge of submitting sensitive government files to political advisers for secretive reviews before they could be released to citizens, journalists and watchdog groups complained in emails that the unusual scrutiny was "crazy" and hoped someone outside the Obama administration would discover the practice, The Associated Press has learned.
By Ted Bridis , March 28, 2011
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Grand Forks, Drayton fire departments to receive homeland security funding
The Grand Forks Fire Department will receive $189,000 and the Drayton, N.D., Volunteer Fire Department $184,372 in Homeland Security funds appropriated by Congress, members of the North Dakota congressional delegation announced today.
By Herald Staff Report , January 13, 2011
Fiery package addressed to Homeland Security chief
Authorities fear there could be more packages. "We've got to make sure we go after this person and get them off the street and get them behind bars, because these kinds of things are very, very dangerous," Maryland State Police Col. Terrence Sheridan said. "We just don't know where this person is going with this. We don't know who it is. We don't know what they're thinking right now."
By Ben Nuckols and Jessica Gresko , January 08, 2011
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Color-coded terror warnings may replaced
Goodbye danger defined as yellow, orange and red.
The Homeland Security Department is looking to scrap the five-tiered color-coded terror warning system in favor of a streamlined one with as few as two alerts. The post-9/11, Bush-era system has been criticized as too vague to be useful in communicating the terror threat to the public, either ignored or the butt of jokes.
By Eileen Sullivan , November 24, 2010
Mpls-St. Paul airport gets full-body scanner
A new full-body scanner is installed at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and a spokeswoman says it will be in operation within a few weeks.
By Associated Press , August 17, 2010
New enhanced Minnesota drivers license will work like passport
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed legislation Thursday to create a new license that will carry encoded data required by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for entry from Canada.
By John Myers , May 13, 2010
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AROUND THE REGION: Court rejects Indian land claim ... Historical Society director to retire ... Guard activiated for storm cleanup
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to consider a case involving some of the nation’s poorest American Indians who wanted a share of casino revenue from the profitable Mystic Lake and Treasure Island casinos near the Twin Cities.
By Associated Press , April 23, 2010
Napolitano: New spending for aviation security
UPDATED 5:29 P.M.Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Thursday the Obama administration is spending more than $70 million to expand explosives screening capability at U.S. airports.
By Glen Johnson , April 15, 2010
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