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• Explosion destroys homes in Indianapolis
• Teacher Caught With Weapons At LAX, Charged With Making False Statements
• Man Is Charged in Bomb Plot at Long Island Home Depot
• DHS tries monitoring social media for signs of biological attacks
• Mexico charges 14 federal police in attack on CIA officers

Explosion destroys homes in Indianapolis Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:40 PM PST An explosion has completely destroyed two homes and damaged dozens of others. The Indianapolis Fire Department says the explosion happened on the 8400 block of Field Fair Way and Towhees Drive. Dispatchers say there was an explosion on the south side of the city. Read More A thunderous, late-night explosion destroyed at least two homes [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Explosion destroys homes in Indianapolis

Teacher Caught With Weapons At LAX, Charged With Making False Statements Posted: 10 Nov 2012 09:15 AM PST A teacher pleaded not guilty Thursday to lying on his customs form when he was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport wearing a bulletproof vest and with checked bags containing knives, a smoke grenade and other weapons. If convicted of the new charge of making false statements, Harris could face up to five years in [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Teacher Caught With Weapons At LAX, Charged With Making False Statements

Man Is Charged in Bomb Plot at Long Island Home Depot Posted: 10 Nov 2012 09:10 AM PST A Long Island man planted a pipe bomb inside a Home Depot store as part of a $2 million extortion plot, threatening to detonate similar devices in three stores on a major shopping day if he was not paid off, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The man laid out his demands — and the consequences of [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Man Is Charged in Bomb Plot at Long Island Home Depot

DHS tries monitoring social media for signs of biological attacks Posted: 10 Nov 2012 09:07 AM PST The Homeland Security Department has commissioned Accenture to test technology that mines open social networks for indications of pandemics, according to the vendor. The $3 million, yearlong “biosurveillance” program will try to instantaneously spot public health trends among the massive amount of data that citizens share online daily, company officials said in announcing the deal [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. DHS tries monitoring social media for signs of biological attacks

Mexico charges 14 federal police in attack on CIA officers Posted: 10 Nov 2012 09:00 AM PST Mexico charged 14 federal police officers on Friday with the attempted murder of two CIA operatives after the U.S. agents’ vehicle was sprayed with bullets in a brazen daylight attack that security officials suspect was ordered by a drug cartel. The ambush was initially blamed on a case of mistaken identity, but Mexican security sources [...] This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Mexico charges 14 federal police in attack on CIA officers