Tucson Festival of Books
Today
Book TV will be LIVE this weekend from the 2010 Tucson Festival of Books on the campus of the Univ. of Arizona. Today, we feature a discussion on the U.S. and Mexico border with a panel of historical authors (4pm). Then, Dan Balz talks about his book on the 2008 presiden-
tial election (5:30pm). Later, New York Times reporter Timothy Egan discusses his latest book on Teddy Roosevelt, "The Big Burn" (7pm).
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Senate Cmte. Investigates Attempted Bombing of Flight 253
Today
The Senate Homeland Security Cmte. held a hearing on the lessons learned and implications of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Flt 253. The session focused on vulnerabilities in watch-listing and airport pre-screening systems. They also investigated how terrorist leads are tracked and used to identify potential terrorists.
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