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Happy New Year!
Today in the Newsroom, we're following New Years celebrations all over the world. What are your favorites? What are your plans? What are your hopes for the new year?
Check out our special section, 2009: Year in Review. From politics to the economy to the "dumbest moments" to... J. Lo's dress, CNN.com is wrapping up the year and the decade.
2009: The Year in News
What was the most memorable news story of 2009 for you?
What news story do you hope to forget?
Post your comments here. Heidi will read some of them on the air during the 10am ET hour of Newsroom.
What's gone obsolete?
This morning in Tech Trends, we're taking a look at this list from the Huffington Post declaring what, in the world of technology, became obsolete this decade.
Dial up internet, newspaper classifieds, and yellow pages may be no surprise... but do phone calls belong on the list?
Let us know your thoughs on what's gone "obsolete." As we end the decade, it's a good chance to take stock of how quickly technology has changed - and changed our lives.
U.S. Response to the Failed Plane Bombing
CNN has learned that the U.S. and Yemen are looking at targets in Yemen for a potential retaliatory strike. This is in response to Friday’s failed bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight. (Read the full story here).
What do you think of this plan? What do you think the U.S. response should be?
Post your comments here. Heidi will read some of them during the 10am ET hour of Newsroom.
Increased Airport Security
Many of you have been through airports across the country since Christmas day.
Are you experiencing long delays or security searches after the foiled terror attack?
We want to hear from you! Leave your comments here!
Would You Submit to a Full Body Scan?
Friday’s Northwest Airlines incident has people talking about a different type of airport x-ray called a full body scan. In addition to detecting regular weapons, this technology can spot liquid explosives, gels, and PETN (which the suspect in the Christmas-day incident allegedly used). The down-side of the technology: it gives airport screeners - but not other passengers–a very clear look at your body. Passengers can cover their private parts with a metal plate so that the operator can’t see, but the machine will still record the detail.
Privacy advocates call the full body scan a “virtual strip search”. Security advocates call it a life-saving measure.
What do you think?
Post your comments here. Heidi will read some of them during the 10am ET hour of Newsroom.
Reunited for Christmas
Our thoughts and prayers are with the tens of thousands of American men and women serving our country in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones, but we couldn’t help but say a few extra prayers for one airman in particular on Christmas. We surprised a member of our team with a phone call from her father in Kandahar, Afghanistan on air. Watch the tearful reunion between father and daughter.
How Safe Do You Feel When You Fly?
You take off your shoes to go through security, pour your liquids into tiny containers, make complicated arrangements to meet your ride since they can’t meet you at the gate or sit in the car in front of the airport. After Friday’s incident, security measures could get even tougher.
Our question: how safe do you feel when you fly these days?
Post your comments here. Heidi will read some of them on the air during the 10am ET hour of Newsroom.
How to Speed Through Airport Security
The terror scare has caused even more delays at airports for this holiday traveling season. But there are things you can do to speed up the security screening process. We break it down for you.
More info from the TSA here.
And to learn ideas for speeding up check-in, check out this story, packed with advice from experts.
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Who Prosecutes Abdulmutallab?
Prosecutors will attempt to seek DNA samples today from a man who is accused of plotting to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. His next expected court appearance won't be until January 8.
Who will handle the case? A United States Attorney confirmed by the Senate December 24th. Civil Rights Attorney Avery Friedman dropped by CNN Sunday Morning to talk about the case.
Join Betty Nguyen and TJ Holmes weekend mornings in the CNN Newsroom, beginning 6am ET/ 3am PT.
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