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Authorities declared a state of emergency Monday in four south Louisiana parishes — Lafayette, Acadia, St. Landry and St. Martin — after floodwaters from heavy overnight thunderstorms inundated dozens of homes.

No deaths or injuries were immediately reported. The sheriff's office in Lafayette Parish, where heavy rains occurred, urged people to leave dozens of homes in and around the community of Carencro.

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Posted by Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute

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Originally posted on DHS.gov.

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GUADALAJARA, Mexico — The historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in western Mexico, equal to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009, feeds growing speculation that the country could become a world platform for meth production, not just a supplier to the United States.

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By BASSEM MROUE

BEIRUT — Two explosions struck security compounds in Aleppo on Friday, killing 28 people, state media reported, the first significant violence in a major city that has largely stood by Syrian President Bashar Assad in the 11-month-old uprising against his rule.

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KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Feb. 7, 2012) -- "To boldly go where no man has gone before" could be a mission statement for a group of paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan.

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Drones called by many as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are one of America's most sophisticated weapons, and has have become one of the most important parts of the US armory.

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TOKYO –  Leaks of radioactive water have become more frequent at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant less than two months after it was declared basically stable.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has come to the conclusion there is a growing likelihood Israel could attack Iran sometime this spring in an effort to destroy its suspected nuclear weapons program, according to a senior administration official.

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From the minute they get on a plane, visitors to Indianapolis should expect to be watched, sniffed and pawed as security around the Super Bowl XLVI host city tightens.

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In another apparent cyberattack on a government website, the official site for the city of Sacramento, Calif., has been hacked and a number of its services and pages, including its home page, being taken down, reports Govtech.com.

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LANCASTER - A man and a woman suspected in three recent armed robberies in Lancaster have been arrested by detectives who used a facial recognition software program during their investigation, authorities said today.

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FBI and ATF agents are investigating three explosions that happened at the Anderson Gas & Propane Company in Stilwell.

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According to a recently published study by the non-governmental organization, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), global stocks of nuclear material not adequately secured and could fall into the hands of terrorists.

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Mobile device forensics forecast: continued oscillation, chance of cloud computing.

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Cyberspace is a global commons without international boundaries, but the political divisions of the real world hamper the defense of this shared resource, according to a new study of government and private sector IT officials.

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KABUL, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said in a secret report the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw from the country, raising the prospect of a major failure of western policy after a costly war.

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