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Baby's First TSA Patdown 570

Posted by samzenpus from the I-feel-safer-already dept.
theodp writes "Is there anything cuter than baby milestones? Baby's first steps. Baby's first word. And now, baby's first TSA patdown. 'Well,' writes Anna North, 'it finally happened. Airport security officers gave a pat-down to a baby.' A post on the TSA blog defended the move: 'The child's stroller alarmed during explosives screening. Our officers followed proper current screening procedures by screening the family after the alarm...The [8-month-old] child in the photo was simply receiving a modified pat-down.' Hey, at least they didn't make a federal case of the 4 oz. of liquid found in the little tyke's Pampers."

Comment Township vs. County (Score 1) 304

by Mister G (#10930643) Attached to: More Fallout From FCC VoIP Decision
At least in my home county, the 3-5 closest township fire departments are volunteer-only. They get some nominal funding via levies for equipment and operating expense. 911 is handled at the county level, and as such needs to be funded county wide, as opposed to eacy city, village, or township.

Most townships won't have enough operating budget to run 911 - they have a hard enough time attempting to funding schools...

Of course, this is just my experience, YMMV, etc. etc.

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