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Bomb dogs know best: New tech aims to make canine heroes safer

File photo. Two police officers guide bomb-sniffing dogs past exhibits during the second press day of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, January 13, 2015. (REUTERS/Mark Blinch) Bomb dogs regularly risk their lives to save our troops…

US believes China behind cybersecurity breach affecting at least 4M federal employees

Hackers based in China are believed to be behind a massive data breach that could have compromised the personal data of at least 4 million current and former federal employees, U.S. officials said late Thursday. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a…

Cable news goes wild watching llamas on the loose

In the ‘70s, Paul McCartney gave us “Band on the Run.” Thursday cable news networks (including CNBC) gave us “Llamas on the Loose.” It seemed all of America was watching as two llamas, a large, white one and a smaller,…

10 years of DHS: Blessing or ‘bureaucratic monstrosity’?

Aug. 6, 2012: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano talks with a video crew for a TV show in Hangar One at Air Station Kodiak, Alaska. (AP) Ten years after its creation, the Department of Homeland Security continues to push against…