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<title>5 key qualities of good emergency planning </title>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the many vestiges of the recently departed decade was the conclusion that emergency plans had little value. Although it was not a new concept, this perspective came into particular vogue in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Pundits rolled out military quotations from von Moltke (&ldquo;No plan survives first contact with the enemy&rdquo;) to Eisenhower (&ldquo;Plans are worthless; ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:26:33 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>E-mail sets off quake fears in Calif.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Mark Muckenfuss The Press Enterprise MORENO VALLEY, Calif. &mdash; Rick Jirsa just wanted to warn his family and close friends that a large earthquake might be on the horizon. But the e-mail he sent them Feb. 25 shook things up more than any of the tremors that triggered the message in the first place.The Moreno Valley High School teacher's e-mail bounced all over the Internet. Somewhere along the ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:53:42 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Wis. city in debate over emergency siren issue</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Mark Schaaf The Milwaukee Journal SentinelFRANKLIN, Wis. &mdash; The debate over installing severe weather emergency sirens in Franklin is not a new one.As the only community in Milwaukee County not to have sirens sound in case of severe weather, many residents and some city officials have wanted them for some time. Indeed, discussions have been on and off for at least a decade.This week, the Common ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:44:58 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with terrorism</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Zarar Khan The LedgerISLAMABAD &mdash; A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said.The men &mdash; all Muslims from the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Va. &mdash; pleaded not guilty to a total of five charges, the most severe of which ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:41:07 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Eileen Sullivan and Devlin Barrett The Associated PressWASHINGTON &mdash; The growing front in the war on terrorism may be no farther than Main Street. The terror cases that have emerged in the past week have one common characteristic: The suspects are all Americans.One is a woman who looked after the elderly in suburban Pennsylvania. Another a security guard from New Jersey.Altogether more than ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:47:52 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Report: Afghan contractor shot Marine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Rick Callahan The Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS &mdash; The U.S. Marine Corps' investigation of the February death of an Indiana Marine in Afghanistan concludes that he was fatally shot when an Afghan security contractor fired shots at a group of Marines.The Marine Corps' report, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request, says 24-year-old Lance Cpl. Joshua ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:30 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>WIISARD SAGE offers emergency communications relief </title>
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<description><![CDATA[One thing natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina, the Indonesian tsunami and the Haitian earthquake have in common is the difficulty of delivering medical care in a chaotic environment where the communications infrastructure on the ground is compromised or completely destroyed. A remedy is in the wings. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego are currently investigating how to improve ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:14:47 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Amateur radio use in disaster drills</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Ken Robinson Homeland1 editorThe American Hospital Association filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission in February to allow hospital employees to use amateur radio communications in emergency preparedness drills.AHA argues some non-government-sponsored events, such as their own, should also be able to apply for exemption from regulations to help them prepare for emergencies and ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:38:33 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>The State of 911 </title>
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<description><![CDATA[As we sat and listened to President Barack Obama give his State of the Union Address, it gave many of us a chance to pause and reflect on the current state of our own piece of the Union — public safety]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:18:04 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Idaho agencies simulate radioactive bomb attack in stadium</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Clark Corbin The Idaho Falls Post RegisterIDAHO FALLS, Idaho &mdash; It will be designed to resemble a real emergency, with sirens flashing and dozens of police officers and firefighters attempting to contain a radioactive spill at Melaleuca Field.But there will be no actual danger Thursday as a team of local emergency responders from the U.S. Department of Energy's regional Radiological Assistance ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:39:20 UTC</pubDate>

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