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...machines going to detect more than just concealed weapons? Yes, says the American Civil Liberties Union, which likens the new backscatter technology to a digital strip search. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will launch the device this month at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport as part of an antiterrorism test program. Backscatter penetrates clothes but not skin, exposing the outline of the body along with any objects being carried. The TSA's version is filtered to make faces and intimate parts indistinguishable (see photo above). Initially, it will be used only if travelers fail a primary screening and decline...
...real test has never been all those sneaky appropriations bill "earmarks" you've been hearing about over the past year, or even the lavish junkets that turned Jack Abramoff into Washington's favorite travel agent. It's whether lawmakers would agree to stand in airport security lines and take off their shoes like the rest...
...Government to take charge of the city. But with the Islamists gone, many in Mogadishu feared an immediate return to the rule of the warlords - not least because the several of them are ministers in the Transitional Government. Growing anxiety may be measured by the sound of weapons being test-fired at the arms market inside Bakara - a sign of brisk commerce, say old Mogadishu hands - but so far, the peace has held...
...been in the position now for a number of months and he's just doing a great job," Fowler-Finn said. "There's no better test than actually opening up the school and then demonstrating that the school is really continuing to move forward...
...English Language Arts test, 67 percent of CRLS students scored proficient or advanced—a 20 percentage-point improvement from the previous year. Similarly, 61 percent received high marks on the mathematics exam, a 19 percentage-point increase...