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CA - CHP Study: Cell Phones Number One Distraction Causing Crashes
FAA may start using scanner that looks inside the body
CA - State Warns Thousands Of Security Guards Are Former Criminals
Official blames a fortified U.S. border for rise in Mexican cocaine use
Clueless - the issues surrounding Identification
Greyhound suspends bus service
Sikh shot and Pakistani shot dead in Arizona and Texas
(Brkg) Seven People Found Murdered In Sioux City Ia
Paris is burning
California safety alert: house furnaces recalled
Guatemala: large-scale prison escape
Ford Recalls 2002 Explorers
Juan de Fuca Strait: ship's autopilot malfunctions
Runaway Train Reported in Northwestern Ohio
Hoover Dam Becomes Target For Terrorists
AU: Prisoner release 'an error'
Riots put Cincinnati under state of emergency
(Cincinnati Riots) Police urge citizens to avoid downtown
"Mir swansong": review of space station history
Regulators Step Up Minivan Probe--2.8 Million Chrysler Minivans May Be Recalled
U.S.: 6.2 Earthquake, Seattle / Pacific Northwest
Supervalu Eastern Region Recalls Bleach
Toronto: Evacuation of Queen's Park--Possible Biohazardous Material
AU: Created by error in lab, virus is deadly, threatening
Winnipeg: More Bad Bugs in Pool
Close astroid encounter - 2000 YA
No Y2K means workers off for holidays
AL: Implant allows doctors to monitor heart over Internet
State Dept. warns Americans to avoid travel to Israel, Gaza, West Bank
Americans Warned of Terrorist Threats Worldwide
Uganda in terror as ebola spreads
Tokyo Mitsubishi Announces New Recall
More on Philadelphia buildings falling down.
Hundreds of Philadelphia buildings in danger of collapsing
Rare Parasitic Disease Kills 21 Dogs. The disease can also affect humans.
MO - Outages Causing Food Spoilage
INS: Border policy failed
UPDATE - Firestone Set to Replace 6.5 Million Tires
INS targets Arizona, Nevada airports to fight smuggling of illegal immigrants
UPDATE - Safety Concerns Limit Laptop Power Ports
Kentucky: Paducah plant contamination in food chain
Utah: Weapons Incinerator Shuts Down After Gas Leak
UK: Errors rife in police data
Railroads Shielded From Lawsuits Over Some Rail Crossing Warning Devices
PUBLIC SAFETY - Some 200,000 Power Blowers Recalled
PUBLIC SAFETY - Leaky Fuel Tank Recall of 112,000 Lawnmowers
Pager glitches prompt Louisiana 911 Board to buy radios for emergency calls
WASH, Snohomish - Vandals Shoot Out Power Line Insulators, BPA Offers Up to $1,000 for Info
PUBLIC SAFETY - Cell Phones Blamed for "911" False Alarms
PUBLIC SAFETY - Sara Lee Recalls 34,000 Pounds of Ball Park Hot Dogs on Listeria Concerns
NEBRASKA - Error Sends Firetruck Wrong Way
MICHIGAN - Genesee Cty. 911 Making Progress in Fixing Computer and Communication Problems
OHIO - Repair of 142 Electonically Controlled Doors Creating Headaches For Jail
UPDATE - INS Criminal Tracking System Under Fire
FRANCE - French Navy Reverses Tide-Table Error, Distributed to Approximately 6 Million People
Errors, computer blamed for release of railroad killer
NJ - Brakdowns, Glitches Plague Jackson Court
TEXAS, El Paso--Unknown Virus Hits School, 230 Students Ill
MICHIGAN - Phone Line Failure Disrupts 911 Access
AUSTRALIA -- Headache Tablet Recall After Poisoning
Texas - 911 system routes caller from "Flour Bluff" to wrong area - Victoria
TORONTO==Important Drug Notification Regarding Possible Packaging Defect
Oklahoma City Police seek to replace obsolete equipment
Prison doors probed after officer attacked
Nova Scotia - Halifax robber released from jail early; records erased
Computer error leads trooper to seize woman's car
Incis 'dog' put to rest (mainframe)
Clara Barton emergency highlighted 911 system failings
Michigan County not alone with 911 woes
Computer failure has courts keeping records the old way
New York - DataMaster Breathalyzer fails Y2k
Michigan: State of emergency for 911
Another glitch hits 911 system in Orange, Florida
DeKalb County Y2K compliancy plan gone awry
Washington D.C. - Prince George County police computer problems for several wks prevent issuing crime reports
New Zealand: Incis police computer disaster is continuing to drain the resources of the police
Indiana, Tippecanoe Co - Courts late Y2k conversion is chaos
911 shut down for the eighth time
Cranky computers pinch Durham police
RI: Computer glitch is fixed, court says
Errors in Scotland Yards files
Georgia Bureau of Investigation - 2 systems fail at rollover
911 disrupted software glitch
Mississipppi, Richland - new system glitch a nightmare for Police Dept
Flint, MI: 911 system needs CPR, say chiefs, Y2K problems cited
Daphne AL has a computer problem
Dispatching Glitches
Detroit No pay for cops
y2k and communications
Year 2000 Flaw Hits Court Clerk's Office
Conn: Turmoil in state EMS office sparks call for deep audit
Oracle and false arrests
Washington - Richmond's Y2k bugs: city fuel cards, police dispatch
Iowa - 911 eqipment fails in Wash. County during Y2k rollover; replacement required
Iowa - Metro police lose cases in flawed computer
Australia: Ambulance computer glitch not fatal
N. Dakota - Clay County 911 dispatch dispute, y2k problems
Hawaii: Computer Glitch Downs Police Communications for Six Hours on Oahu
Berlin Fire Department with Y2K Problem?
Rhode Island Courts glitch
Ohio, Seneca County - Y2k glitches at county jail
Atlanta computer glitches
A few reportings from the Florida Division of Emergency Management
Computer Information Systems Y2K patch gums up law software
Canadians Locked out of Y2K Command Center in Ottawa?
FEMA has its own glitch
Small Nevada Town of Sparks' Police Department Has Brief Trouble With Case Numbers
FBI Says Moved to Thwart About 20 Threats Over Y2K
Law Enforcement - Midnight Mischief Reports
Only Minor Problems for Emergency Management (Battle Creek , MI)
NWS river gages have Y2K probelm (Cowlitz County, Washington)
Boiler Resets to 1900at County Jail (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Computer Problem at the Wyoming Green RIver Police Department
Bomb Threat and evacuations in L.A,
RUMOR: poster from Netherlands claims Aussie Police Computers have break down
Reports of violence underway
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