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Washington -- The Department of Homeland Security has spent $230 million to develop better technology for detecting smuggled nuclear bombs but has had to stop deploying the new machines because the United States has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.

Many of you may be aware that one of the main criticisms of the DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office is its inability to find radiological detectors that can unobtrusively monitor cargo and vehicles that might be concealing a large amount of shielded radioactive material - or a nuclear bomb - without significant false alarms and cost.

WASHINGTON a ' The Department of Homeland Security has spent $230 million to develop better technology for detecting smuggled nuclear bombs but has had to stop deploying the new machines because the United States has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.

The biggest news story of last week? O.K., maybe it was Oprah Winfrey announcing she was going to call it quits with her daytime show in 2011.

Hey, it's only a matter of detecting loose nukes - what's a teensy snafu ? Nuclear Bomb Detectors Stopped by Material Shortage By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security has spent $230 million to develop better technology for detecting smuggled nuclear bombs but has had to stop deploying the new machines because the United ...

An elderly protester outside the Raleigh, North Carolina, office of Representative Brad Miller ties together two popular claims of the anti-health care reform movement: the reform proposal will kill senior citizens, and the reformers are like Nazis.

The Emerging Issues Forum Eye-Opener Breakfast was held on Thursday, Nov. 12, at, Knightdale Town Hall.

Even as the economy "was perilously close to being the worst in U.S. history," Wake County was growing by 100 people a day.

Newly filed campaign finance forms show challengers for any of North Carolina's 13 congressional districts are already behind in terms of campaign cash.

Fifty-three men with ties to the Marine Corps' Camp Lejeune have been diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer.

Eight of North Carolina's 13 representatives, including three Democrats, voted against the health care overhaul bill approved by the House of Representatives Saturday.

Opponents of opening Cuba to American tourists are touting a letter signed by 53 Democrats in the House of Representatives, saying it shows that they have the votes to derail an effort to lift the ban on travel to the island.

Rep. Kanjorski has proposed that federal regulators have the power to dismantle firms "too big to fail," even if theya re not financially at risk.

Marines exposed for decades to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune are getting encouragement to purse individual disability claims while they wait for Congress to extend Veterans Affairs health care services to everyone affected.

Congress confuses the causes of the financial crisis - on purpose. Katherine Mangu-Ward October 23, 2009 Handing out small loans against future paychecks had absolutely nothing to do with last year's market meltdown, but federal regulators have been itching to get their hands on the the payday lending industry for years, and yesterday's committee ...

Unemployment is high, politicians' job performance ratings are low and there is unrest in the hinterlands.

Unemployment is high, their job performance ratings are low and there's unrest in the hinterlands.

The House Financial Services Committee voted 39 to 29 on Thursday to approve a bill that would create a consumer financial protection agency, clearing the first hurdle to enacting a key priority in the Obama administration's regulatory reform plan.

Five more get into the Right To Repair act Five more members of Congress declared their support of the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act : Reps.

October 22, 2009 a ' Until 2004, national banks had to obey state consumer protection laws.