Alright, we didn't show you that report to scare you about flying; we wanted to point out some of the challenges that face security personnel. One way for travelers to help is to know what to expect ahead of time. At the TSA's Web site, TSA.org, you
RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We take our shoes off, remove our laptops, and toss our bottled water all in the name of safety. But are we any safer today than we were before 9/11? Not exactly, says Bruce Schneier, author and security technologist. B
Back from the weekend and ready to bring you the headlines, this is CNN Student News and I'm Carl Azuz. Let's get started. First up, parts of northern California shake off the effects of an earthquake that struck over the weekend. The tremor had a ma
SAVIDGE (voice-over): Darkness falls in St. Louis and with it, the temperature. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Blowing snow as well, the wind chill index five below downtown at the arch. SAVIDGE: And at the New Life Evangelistic Shelter the homeless have begun
Let's get back to those unemployment numbers for just a moment. Employers cut more jobs than many people expected last month, but the unemployment rate does remain the same. Christine Romans is joining us now from New York for more details. The unemp
As you know, much of the nation including the south is still in the grips of an arctic blast. Here is what we know at the time. Frigid temperatures blamed for at least seven deaths across the nation. But, today, snow is a real concern in several sout
clearly a very rough year for the economy. And as you would imagine, scam artists were out in full force taking advantage of those tough times. Personal finance editor Gerri Willis is joining us now to talk more about this. So, Gerri, tell us about s
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You have said that throughout this, the system worked smoothly. What exactly worked in your opinion? JANET NAPOLITANO, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: Yeah, that's a phrase taken out of context. What I said is moving forward, meanin
Hi! Happy new year! We hope you had a wonderful break. My name is Carl Azuz, and CNN Student News is kicking off 2010 right here, right now. First up, U.S. government closes its embassy in the Middle Eastern country of Yemen, and that is because of s
Christmas Celebrated AZUZ: And of course, Christians around the world celebrated Christmas on December 25th, marking the birth of Jesus. One of those celebrations, which you see right here, was held in the city of Bethlehem, the site where Jesus was
Avoided spleeping into the depression into the recent financial crisis, but it did end into a recession. You know it, you heard about it all last semester. Now when that economy decline started in December 2007. The number of Americans who are out of
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Your safety is the focus today at the White House. President Obama is meeting with his top national security team to review the attempted terrorist bombing of Northwest flight 253. What went wrong and how can the system be
We have an update for you now on the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. Today it is back open and ready for business. Washington closed the embassy on Sunday because of the threat of an al Qaeda attack. A senior administration official says intelligence suggeste
Even before President Obama took the oath of office, the threat of a terror attack loomed large. The New York Times is reporting intelligence officials were worried that Somali terrorists were plotting to detonate explosives during the event. The thr
Should the president have spoken sooner? Well, I think those decisions -- I'm going to leave that to the White House. I think he had Secretary Napolitano out there speaking, and I think she clarified that one of... the statement she made yesterday. I
KING: We welcome to Larry King Live. Good to have him back, former Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge. He was the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003. He's President and CEO of Ridge Global and author of the book The
We know senate majority leader Harry Reid is sorry for what he said about president Obama. That's what he said. But was it racist? Was it true but crudely phrased or was it just plain clueless? Our Soledad O'Brien looks closer at what's really motiva
Today, we are exploring the connection between your education and your community's economy. Thank you for spending part of your Thursday with CNN Student News. I'm Carl Azuz. Let's go. Massive devastation, severe loss of life, uncertainty about what
AZUZ: In Washington, D.C., a commission set up by Congress is investigating the U.S. financial crisis. They're looking into what caused it and hopefully how to avoid another one in the future. As part of that investigation, the commission has been ta
we're at the Caribbean Market in -- it's a big supermarket that collapsed in Pour-au-Prince. This is just one of the locations where rescue teams have been frantically working, trying to dig out survivors still alive after nearly five days under the