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Suspicious device forces evacuation of Eugene airport terminal

By Bob Wernick
The Eugene Airport terminal has been evacuated after a suspicious device was found during routine screening of baggage. The Explosive Disposal Unit is investigating.

The device was found at 6:21 this morning.

All roads into the airport are closed at this time. The Explosives Disposal Unit has arrived and is investigating.

In bound flights are being allowed to land. There may be delays for morning outbound flights.


2,161 posted on 09/27/2007 9:18:24 AM PDT by drymans wife (They is nothing like the mind of a TM;'er)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070927/ap_on_hi_te/chicago_security_system_5

Chicago video surveillance gets smarter

By DON BABWIN, Associated Press

CHICAGO - A car circles a high-rise three times. Someone leaves a backpack in a park. Such things go unnoticed in big cities every day. But that could change in Chicago with a new video surveillance system that would recognize such anomalies and alert authorities to take a closer look.
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On Thursday, the city and IBM Corp. are announcing the initial phase of what officials say could be the most advanced video security network in any U.S. city. The City of Broad Shoulders is getting eyes in the back of its head.

“Chicago is really light years ahead of any metropolitan area in the U.S. now,” said Sam Docknevich, who heads video-surveillance consulting for IBM.

Chicago already has thousands of security cameras in use by businesses and police — including some equipped with devices that recognize the sound of a gunshot, turn the cameras toward the source and place a 911 call. But the new system would let cameras analyze images in real time 24 hours a day.

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2,162 posted on 09/27/2007 9:37:34 AM PDT by drymans wife (They is nothing like the mind of a TM;'er)
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