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Amtrak adds trains on Inauguration Day; tickets still available
Amtrak is adding more service to deal with expected inauguration crowds. WASHINGTON (CNN) - Automobile traffic will be diverted; bridges closed. But from Amtrak, there's a bit of good news about...
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Dulles to close runway for overflow inaugural plane parking
Dulles airport is planning for a surge in private plane traffic. WASHINGTON (CNN) - Cars, limos and buses aren't the only modes of transportation that will find parking at a premium on Inauguration...
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Director takes blame over lax security at federal buildings
A GAO report cites lax security in federal buildings after investigators got bomb components past guards. WASHINGTON (CNN) - A contrite head of the Federal Protective Service took the blame Wednesday...
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Report: Secret Service off hook in 2008 Obama plane mishaps
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A preliminary report on the mysterious deployment of an evacuation chute aboard a Barack Obama campaign plane last summer appears to close the book on one potentially embarrassing...
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Sanford security clearance suspended by DHS employee
Gov. Mark Sanford's security clearance was erroneously suspended by a DHS employee. WASHINGTON (CNN) – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's federal security clearance was wrongly suspended by a...
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TSA withdraws subpoena to travel bloggers
Blogger Christopher Elliott wrote on his site that he would fight a TSA subpoena in court. Washington (CNN) - Just days after serving subpoenas to two travel bloggers, the Transportation Security...
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TSA nominee faces questions about unionizing airport screeners
President Obama's TSA nominee said Wednesday that he supports unionization for airport screeners. Washington (CNN) – Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama's second nominee to head the...
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U.S. Civil Rights Commission hearing erupts into shouting
Washington (CNN) - Members of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission shouted at each other Friday over the Justice Department's decision to drop most of the charges in a 2008 incident in which black...
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Yucca Mountain report defends and slams NRC chairman
Washington (CNN) - Sixteen months ago, the Obama administration announced it was ending a controversial plan to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The news flash - like a flash in a distant...
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Feds expand gun sales reporting requirements in four border states
Washington (CNN) – The federal government said Monday it is proceeding with a plan to require gun dealers in four southwest border states - California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas - to report the...
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70,000 jobs lost! Really??
Washington (CNN) - An oft-repeated statement that the Federal Aviation Administration's partial shutdown has forced the layoff of 70,000 construction workers is, at best, an over-simplification, and at...
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Polar icebreaker dispute ties up Coast Guard appropriations
Washington (CNN) - With the nation's only two heavy-duty polar icebreakers broken and out of service, the Obama administration and congressional Republicans are clashing on how best to put the U.S....
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Top federal immigration official resigns
(CNN) – John Morton, the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will leave his post at the end of July to take a position at a private company, ICE's office of public affairs said...
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