On New Year's Eve, sharpshooters will be posted on Las Vegas hotel roofs.
Here's the story from ap.org:
(Pasadena, California-AP) -- With the nation's terrorism alert at its second-highest level, security will be extra-tight at New Year's Eve celebrations around the country.
Military helicopters will patrol over the Rose Parade, Times Square, the Las Vegas Strip and in other cities with big outdoor gatherings.
In Las Vegas, sharpshooters will be posted on hotel-casino roofs, and streets will be blocked off with concrete barricades.
In Pasadena, video surveillance cameras will watch spectators lining the five-and-a-half mile Rose Parade route.
Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge tells C-B-S' "Early Show" the level of security around the United States right now is "absolutely unprecedented."
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Here's the story from ap.org:
(Pasadena, California-AP) -- With the nation's terrorism alert at its second-highest level, security will be extra-tight at New Year's Eve celebrations around the country.
Military helicopters will patrol over the Rose Parade, Times Square, the Las Vegas Strip and in other cities with big outdoor gatherings.
In Las Vegas, sharpshooters will be posted on hotel-casino roofs, and streets will be blocked off with concrete barricades.
In Pasadena, video surveillance cameras will watch spectators lining the five-and-a-half mile Rose Parade route.
Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge tells C-B-S' "Early Show" the level of security around the United States right now is "absolutely unprecedented."
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