WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Why is the sky not falling? Why did stocks rise the day after Congress voted against the $700 billion rescue bill?

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A program designed to find weapons in U.S. airport screening is "a waste of money," a U.S. House of Representatives committee chairman says.

ATLANTA, July 22 (UPI) -- A U.S. congressman is calling for beefed-up security at Atlanta's international airport after Georgia state legislators relaxed gun restrictions.

WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- A new security program designed to issue tamper-proof IDs to U.S. seaport workers is being delayed by technical glitches, a report said Monday.

WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee plans a series of hearings next month around the theme of homeland resilience.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The new job of Scott Charbo, the man President Bush has picked to head up the protection of U.S. computer networks, involves countering threats from Russian hackers, Chinese cyber spies and Internet Jihadis. But perhaps his most immediately dangerous adversary is the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is urging the department not to pay for the first section of the tech-heavy virtual border until it works.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- House Democrats demand to know why U.S. border officials delayed a Canadian ambulance rushing a heart patient to surgery, the second recent such incident.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Wednesday President Bush is poised to unveil a new cybersecurity initiative -- and he wants details.