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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Aerial drones set to intrude on Illinois airspace
PUBLISHED ON MEDILL REPORTS
BY NOLAN PETERSON
APRIL 19, 2012
A controversial technology from the war on terrorism may soon be a common sight in Illinois skies.
A bill signed by President Obama in February has accelerated the timetable for the domestic use of aerial drones, also known as UAVs – opening U.S. airspace to unmanned flight by 2015.
Trading camouflage for badges: Vets going to back to work in law-enforcement
Published on Medill Reports
by Nolan Peterson April 17, 2012
Joblessness and rising crime rates may have a common remedy.
National and area programs meant to put vets back to work have made law enforcement careers an attractive option after military service – making a valuable manpower resource more accessible to area law enforcement.
Anticipating the unthinkable: Trying to prevent mass shootings
BY NOLAN PETERSON
APRIL 11, 2012
Jared Loughner killed six people.
One Goh allegedly killed seven people.
Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people.
Anders Behring Breivik killed 69 people.
The stories of unthinkable evil from Arizona, California, Virginia Tech and Norway inevitably provoke the same question: “Could this have been prevented?”
NATO summit forces universities to cancel class
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Downtown colleges to play hooky during NATO summit
BY NOLAN PETERSON
APRIL 05, 2012
NATO has new proof of its clout in the post-Soviet world – area college students will concede downtown Chicago to the multinational alliance next month.
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Haiti
Photo selections from a photojournalism assignment to Haiti in March 2012. My mission was to document the heroic work of an organization called Doctors United for Haiti.