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Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano toured a U.S. Coast Guard cutter in Kuwait today and met with USCG personnel to thank them for their service

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate announced the 14 lead organizations for the upcoming pilot phase of testing and evaluation (T&E) for the Multi-Band Radio project.

Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba signed a Declaration of Principles formalizing the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP)—which allows for the identification of high-risk travelers at foreign airports before they board aircraft bound for the United States—at Madrid Barajas International Airport.

NBC News has set an airdate this month for “The Wanted,” its hour-long docu-series that follows the hunt for international terrorists. “The Wanted” will air at 10 p.m. on two consecutive Mondays, July 20 and July 27, with more episodes to potentially follow. Show will center on an elite team with intelligence, unconventional warfare and investigative journalism [...]

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Thousands of additional law enforcement officers within 50 miles of New York City will have access to radiation detectors for dirty bombs and nuclear devices, New York police said on Wednesday. The detectors, including cell phone-sized devices that officers wear on their belts, could help uncover a dirty bomb that might be assembled outside New York [...]

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Over the past 18-months, the state of Indiana was affected by severe weather in which the state requested and was granted five presidentially declared disasters. Those declarations resulted in a total over $365,829,399 in disaster assistance to the state. Through Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) program grants and Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, recovery assistance was available to individuals and state and local governments that were affected by the disasters. Types of assistance includes:

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Residents and business owners in sixteen Indiana counties who sustained damage from severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred March 8 - 14 are running out of time to apply for disaster assistance.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Indiana residents and business owners in Allen, Carroll, Daviess, DeKalb, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko, Lake, LaPorte, Lawrence, Marshall, Noble, Pulaski, St. Joseph, White and Whitley counties who sustained damage during the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding of March 8 - 14 have two weeks left to register for disaster assistance.