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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: security practices

security practices stories: 3 news summaries

 Liberty's Crown Reopens 


Jul 4, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Statue of Liberty's crown reopened to the public today for the first time since the 9/11 attacks, reports the Daily News. The first people allowed up were seven US servicemen who took the oath to become citizens. Those interested in ascending the narrow staircase to the top better be... More »

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terrorism • New York City • homeland security • security practices • terrorist attack • Fourth of July • Statue of Liberty • New York harbor

Burning Fans Revolt as Yanks Ban Sunscreen

Security policy greeted with outrage that causes instant reversal

Jul 22, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yankee Stadium’s upper deck has been burning with resentment, the New York Post reports, over a newly expanded ban on sunscreen. Stadium security has taken to confiscating bottles of all shapes and sizes recently, a crackdown that came into focus during the weekend heat wave. “I need... More »

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New York Yankees • skin cancer • Yankee Stadium • sunburn • security practices

Audits Rip Fed Oversight of Security Firms, Costs

Lax controls, slopping accounting

Oct 23, 07 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A State Department internal review of its own security practices in Iraq is sharply critical of the lack of oversight of private contractors Blackwater, DynCorp International and Triple Canopy. A second report due today says officials can't say what the government got for $1.2B paid to DynCorp since 2004,... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Pentagon • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Blackwater • contractors • Triple Canopy • convoys • DynCorp • audit • security practices

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