Chicago train incident update (you’re not going to believe this one!)
‘Suspicious’ rider was Secret Service agent
The suspicious person who caused an unscheduled two-hour stop for a Metra train this morning and a search of its passengers was a U.S. Secret Service agent.
Metra spokeswoman Judy Pardonnet said the incident began when a plainclothes Secret Service agent asked a Naperville ticket agent whether there were metal detectors aboard the BNSF Line train and indicated he was carrying a gun.
“He did not identify himself as any type of law-enforcement officer. That concerned the ticket agent,” Pardonnet said.....
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/metra-train-halted-passengers-searched.html
Afghan girls brave terror to return to school
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/13/asia/kandahar.php