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Passport Proposal Worries Border Towns

ALONG THE U.S.-CANADIAN BORDER – For most residents of the U.S. and Canada, crossing the border between the two countries has always been quick and easy: Show some identification, answer a question or two and enter another country. But that may soon be changing. New federal regulations going into effect …

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Investigation Vowed in L.A. Shooting

LOS ANGELES – Authorities promised a full investigation Tuesday into why deputies riddled a sport utility vehicle and a Compton (search) neighborhood with 120 bullets after the driver led them on a chase, wounding an unarmed driver and possibly striking a deputy. “The question is: Did they have to fire …

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CIA Conducts Three-Day Internet War Game

WASHINGTON – The CIA (search) is conducting a secretive war game, dubbed “Silent Horizon,” this week to practice defending against an electronic assault on the same scale as the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks. The three-day exercise, ending Thursday, was meant to test the ability of government and industry to respond …

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