AP - The Homeland Security Department will review and possibly replace the often-ridiculed multicolored terror alert system created after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Since it was created in 2002, the system has been confusing and became the butt of jokes by late-night television comics.
Colors could disappear from terror alert system (AP)
AP - The Obama administration has begun a review that could spell the end of the color-coded terrorism advisories, long derided by late night TV comics and portrayed by some Democrats as a...
In NYC, biggest fireworks show in US set to begin (AP)
AP - Fireworks lit the night sky above New York with a kaleidoscope of colors shooting 1,000 feet into the air on an Independence Day that began with the Statue of Liberty's crown opening to...
Homeland secretary apologizes to veterans group (AP)
AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met with the American Legion on Friday to apologize for a right-wing extremism report written by her agency, and the veterans group walked...
Obama meets with GOP, says can spur job growth (AP)
AP - Appealing for bipartisanship in a town where it's hard to find, President Barack Obama sat down with Democrats and Republicans Tuesday to spur cooperation on job creation, deficit...
Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally (AP)
AP - Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's...
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