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...Experts warn about mass contamination of the nation's food supply and nuclear attacks on major U.S. cities precisely because these remote threats are the ones for which adequate defenses are not yet in place. The Coast Guard is arming itself against a possible terrorist attempt to destroy a major U.S. coastal city by detonating a tanker loaded with liquefied natural gas. The Bush Administration is bracing for another disaster. "We're as vulnerable today as we were on 9/10 or 9/12," says presidential counselor Karen Hughes. "We just know more." Here is what TIME has learned about America...
...billion homeland-security budget proposes a $380 million system to track the entry and exit of noncitizens and gives $282 million to the Coast Guard for protecting ports and coastal areas. This week, sources tell TIME, Ridge's office plans to announce a new color-coded alert system to warn local law enforcement and the public about threats within U.S. borders. Even the military is setting up a new bureaucracy, the U.S. Northern Command, dedicated to defending the homeland. By Oct. 1 the military hopes to put a four-star general in charge of a standing domestic military force devoted...
Homeland security is about to get colorful. Next week the White House is planning to announce a multihued threat-warning system designed to warn the public and help guard against future terrorist attacks. Starting with green - the most relaxed status - the system assigns blue, yellow, orange and red as the danger increases, and offers guidelines for how to respond to each level. When U.S. intelligence receives reliable information about a new threat, Director Tom Ridge's Homeland Security Council will huddle to determine which color fits the situation. The color wheel is designed to provide some context to what have...
...popular way to do it. It turns out, though, that Microsoft has been logging what people are watching, and even what songs they're listening to, according to the Associated Press, which got Redmond to fess up. Microsoft says it's updating the player's privacy disclaimer to warn users. But it won't rule out selling the information to advertisers down the line. Talk about paying the peeper...
Certainly, for working parents, keeping kids home gets complicated. Educators warn that even a simple summer needs a schedule, or kids end up at Camp Couch Potato. One good resource: college students. They're expected to have trouble finding jobs this summer, so they'll be available to baby-sit. It also helps to befriend at-home moms who will take your kids along when driving theirs to activities. Just find ways to repay the favor...