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By Bambi Majumdar
 Crime and violence have always dominated the headlines, but the latest statistics have given us some positive news as the number of violent crimes continues to drop across the U.S. Experts say the use of technology in police work may be turning the tide. Cities like Chicago, New York and Detroit have all seen the number of violent crimes — murders, shootings and robberies — on the decline in recent years thanks to the use of technology.
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Route Fifty
While no significant tsunami developed following the magnitude 7.9 earthquake that rocked the Gulf of Alaska early Tuesday morning, residents in vulnerable coastal locations in southern Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and British Columbia evacuated to higher ground, just as many of them had practiced previously.
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Associations Now
The recent incident in Hawaii, in which a test message was accidentally sent to millions of people, comes at a time when emergency groups are calling for upgrades to the FCC’s wireless system — upgrades the commission is supportive of.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 The need for ambulances is not a topic often covered, but it might just be worth taking notice. Pardon the pun, but the future of this industry segment suggests that it's going to be a healthy one. The value of the global ambulance service market was estimated to be worth about $22.5 billion in 2016, but that number is expected to balloon at an annual growth rate of 9.1 percent over the next 10 years, according to a new report.
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Nextgov
The Homeland Security Department is testing new software to protect government laboratories from cyberattacks that could potentially release tuberculosis, yellow fever and other dangerous pathogens into the environment.
Federal research facilities rely on internet-connected devices to automate many basic building functions like ventilation, heating and security, as well as more hazardous processes like decontaminating equipment and preventing lethal microbes from escaping the lab.
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By Lucy Wallwork
 It has long been a policy goal of developed countries to become "slum-free." In fact, the town-planning movement in the U.K. was born out of the desire to combat the severe public health problems caused by the densely-packed slum communities that grew up around centers of industry as the Industrial Revolution took hold. However, with alarming levels of inequality emerging in the U.S., people are starting to ask whether slums are still a phenomenon confined to the developing world.
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CNN
Five oil rig workers were missing after an explosion Monday in an Oklahoma gas well, Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said in a press conference.
Seventeen employees were rescued but "five are still unaccounted for at the well," Morris said.
Sixteen people had no injuries or minor injuries, and one person was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Tulsa, officials said.
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Miami Herald
Two months before a dozen residents died in sweltering heat at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, the now-shuttered nursing home submitted a plan to county administrators to show the facility could handle crises like a missing resident or a hurricane. The 43-page emergency management plan had errors: typos and an outdated hurricane drill copied and pasted from the previous year.
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