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Wilson P. Dizard III

Senate gives DHS appropriations bill the nod

The Senate yesterday approved a $32 billion fiscal 2005 appropriations bill for the Homeland Security Department. The House OK'd the bill Saturday. The bill now will be sent to the White House for President Bush's signature.

Preparations aided response to massive outage

State and local officials across the Northeast said today that the emergency response methods they upgraded after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks helped them with yesterday's massive power outage. The preparations included computer links among state, local and federal emergency response centers.