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...thousand false alarms from an anxious nation are an exquisite diversion for those intent on mayhem; the police cannot be everywhere at once, and there is only so much they can do to button down the cities. Overworked cops who had already been on high alert worked even harder as the frightened calls poured in. "We are at risk of being overwhelmed," says a spokesman for the Kentucky division of emergency management. There are metal detectors at the Liberty Bell; Denver canceled its New Year's Eve celebrations; Ohio called off a corn-husking festival. In Washington, where lawmakers...
...trucks is a tracking device similar to the transponders used on commercial jets. The device beams a truck's location by satellite to fleet managers, while a two-way messaging system allows drivers and trucking officials to stay in touch. Qualcomm Inc. of San Diego offers truckers a panic button. When it's pushed, a ping sounds in the company's network management center, a NASA-style command base with 31 computer monitors. In an emergency, an operator can alert authorities to the location of the truck in distress...
...Some security advocates are asking Congress to help fund the installation of a panic button on every truck that hauls blasting agents. The Institute of Makers of Explosives, a trade group whose products are often shipped by truck, advocates federal background checks on drivers who haul explosives. "I don't mean you need a top-secret clearance," says James Ronay, a former FBI bomb expert who runs the institute. "But you need to know who that person is." Ronay's group is also pushing for a new federal licensing system for all purchases of explosives. Such licensing is now required...
...sports a deliciously soft tan coat with stylish front pockets and contrasting trim ($15). She wears it here paired with a basic gray shirt from Marsh Landing ($5). For those days when you simply must frolic in the snow, Caitlin models a luxuriously warm, gray wool coat ($26) and button-down blue shirt ($9), complimented with matching blue gloves ($3) and a tasteful yellow scarf...
...whoever is dusting the mail is giving us a glimpse of the ugly scenario that neither Greenspan, nor any one else with a finger on any U.S. economic button is willing to entertain publicly - that diffuse, elusive threats like sporadic anthrax mailings, even if all of Daschle?s staffers are treated and cured, have the potential to turn the one-time economic shocks of Sept. 11 into a dampening, depressing drumbeat of diminished expectations...