Security

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai received a resounding endorsement Saturday from a traditional national assembly to negotiate a security agreement that could keep a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan past 2014, when most international forces are to have left. The size of the force is subject to negotiations but a future deal could keep thousands of American troops here for years.

For all the security improvements at airports after 9/11 -- full-body scans, bans on liquids, pat downs -- there is one check that airports aren't doing.

Bags checked at airline counters are scanned for possible explosives but not for loaded guns.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah man has been charged in federal court after authorities say he threatened to shoot air marshals, hijack the flight and urinate in the cabin of a Delta Airlines plane en route from Amsterdam to Detroit.

WASHINGTON — A computer virus that captures the strokes on a keyboard has infected networks used by pilots who control U.S. Air Force drones flown on the warfront, according to a published report.

MOSCOW, Idaho -- The University of Idaho issued a security notice Tuesday alerting students, faculty and staff to be on the lookout for a man who was trespassed from campus Monday.

Justin Tillock, 22, of Moscow, was living with a woman at the Elmwood Apartments, a UI student housing facility, until about a month ago. That's when the woman obtained a protection order against him stemming from an alleged assault, Moscow Police Chief David Duke said.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Early on, it looked ominous when an Air Force base on the southern edge of Tucson was locked down Friday morning amid unconfirmed reports of gunfire. In the end, no shots were fired, and no weapons and gunman were found.