Conn. City Uses Scanners to Nab Criminals
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This city is among the first in the nation to use infrared scanners that read license plates on moving and parked cars, giving officials immediate access to a database of police and tax records in their hunt for criminals and tax delinquents.
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Global positioning systems (GPS), digital photography and computer databases are joining the humble paint can as U.S. cities battle to obliterate graffiti and catch its shadowy perpetrators.
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Counterfeiters who make $10 bills on printers could find the cops on their trail if tracking techniques pan out.
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NEW YORK At first glance, it might seem like the simple extension of a standard tool in the fight against the bad guys. But in fact, wiretapping Internet phones to monitor criminals and terrorists is costly
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Wary Bostonians went about their  business on Thursday as a murky threat of a "dirty bomb" attack  hung over the city, and the FBI, while playing down the threat,  hunted for four Chinese nationals possibly linked to the plot.
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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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Authorities have launched a manhunt across the Northeast for four Chinese nationals described by the FBI as potential terror suspects who may be heading for Boston.
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Global positioning systems (GPS),  digital photography and computer databases are joining the  humble paint can as U.S. cities battle to obliterate graffiti  and catch its shadowy perpetrators.
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Bomb units scrambled to investigate five suspicious devices reported throughout Boston on Wednesday
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Boston's police, facing an upsurge in murder and other violent crimes, have set up a system to allow witnesses to tip them off to crime by sending anonymous text messages.
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A citizen patrol group in New Haven, Conn., says it's doing what police won't, but critics question its tactics.
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BOSTON - Last week, Dan Holmes was a couple of miles off Wood End Lighthouse in Provincetown and had already hauled up 80 of his 300 lobster pots when he saw something coming up in a trap.
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Authorities say the recent terror alert issued for Boston was the result of an act of revenge by an immigrant smuggler allegedly trying to get back at people who failed to pay him. The apparent hoax has renewed scrutiny on the choices that authorities must make between deciding when to warn the public and when to investigate quietly without broadcasting the threat.
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Airport and transit authorities responded to an FBI report of a possible terrorist attack against Boston by boosting security &#151; adding patrols, activating radiation detectors and posting pictures of some of the suspects.
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Scammers and thieves are out there, but you can protect yourself.
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Wireless devices are being used to perform background checks at Boston's airport.
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Police believe suspect is on northern coast in area known as criminal haven