WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department is proposing to discontinue the color-coded terror alert system that became a symbol of the country's post-9/11 jitters and the butt of late-night talk show jokes.
Homeland Security's color-coded terror alerts may end
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 | 9:21 a.m. CST
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