Rail fans wanted for national security
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ROCHELLE, Illinois  - With a round face, curly mop of sandy hair and shy demeanor, bespectacled Wayne Davis looks like an average American, but he claims that, as a railroad buff, he is also a vital asset to national security.
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Commuters would get better train services if a new regional rail authority was created, it was claimed.
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Â· State of 700 sets of points called into question   Â· Network Rail braces for outburst of public concern
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Nuclear regulators are considering tightening security on polonium 210 in case terrorists seek the material for so-called dirty bombs.
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Get There | Federal transit administrator express concerns that could threaten proposed Metro line.
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The Education Department is advising school leaders nationwide to watch for people spying on their buildings or buses to help detect any possibility of terrorism like the deadly school siege in Russia.
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US government efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks on the nation&#39;s planes and trains are increasingly incorporating smart technologies that can sniff out bomb residue on a passport or see through clothes to detect weapons taped to a would-be
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Rail authorities were urgently checking rail tracks nationwide Sunday after a high-speed derailment which killed an elderly woman was provisionally linked to faulty points.
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At the closely guarded Republican National Convention, even the Fujifilm Blimp has a role in security. Fuji Photo Film USA Inc., the Valhalla, N.Y.-based U.S. arm of the Japanese film maker, is allowing the New York Police Department use of the blimp to bolster aerial patrols above Madison Square Garden.
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Armed guards may become a presence on one of the world's most famous tourist attractions.
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Secret intelligence gathered since May about ``Peace Train&#39;&#39; singer Cat Stevens found he has ties to potential terrorists that make him a ``national security threat&#39;&#39; who never should have been
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Union flag-bedecked Land Rovers of the Black Watch regiment stand ready for deployment. Photograph: Warrant Officer Giles Penfound/PA.
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Amtrak conductors have begun random checks of passengers' IDs as a precaution against terrorist attacks. The onboard checks, which started at the beginning of November, are part of a broader program to improve security, Amtrak spokesman Cliff Black said.
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DHS wants to build a portable lab to set up at events and transit hubs to test ways to detect terrorists using remote sensors and pyschological techniques.  Will your thoughts be clean enough to board the train? In 27B Stroke 6.
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Note to delegates and other convention attendees: Leave your guns at home. As New York increases security for the Republican National Convention, the event&#39;s organizers are making sure nothing&#39;s left unsaid.
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Plans to give Holyrood ministers more say on the railways are being outlined in the Queen's Speech.
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THE REGION Firm to supply 'dirty bomb' detectors