Amber Alert

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A message that conveys information about a recently missing or abducted person, usually displayed on electronic signs positioned along roadways and broadcast by mass media, intended to enlist the public's help in finding the abducted person and often in catching the abductor.

[After Amber Hagerman (1987-1996), American child kidnapped and murdered in Texas.]

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No references found			[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A leading example of a new application of existing technology is the AMBER Alert Highway Network (AAHN), an initiative launched earlier this year to assist in the safe and timely recovery of abducted children with the support of professional truck drivers. Technology and collaboration meet to help recover America's abducted ... by Ellis, Norm / Defense Transportation Journal BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) has unveiled a company-wide initiative to bolster AMBER Alert programs across its nine-state region through a communication system that notifies 15,000 BellSouth field technicians in support of search efforts in child abduction cases. BELLSOUTH ENHANCES AMBER ALERT PROGRAMS by RBOC Update SALT LAKE CITY -- Amber Alert GPS today launched the Amber Alert GPS 2G, a child tracking device enabling parents to always know where their children are. Amber Alert GPS Launches Child Tracking Device and Gives Inaugural ... by Business Wire			amazonite Amb- ambage Ambages Ambaginous Ambagious Ambagitory Ambala ambarella Ambartsumian ambary Ambassade ambassador ambassador at large ambassador extraordinary ambassador-at-large ambassadorial ambassadorship ambassadress Ambassage Ambassy ambatch Ambato ambeer amber Amber Alert amber fluid amber gambler amber lily Amber room Amber seed Amber tree amber-green amberbell Amberboa Amberboa moschata amberfish Ambergrease ambergris amberjack amberoid Ambes-as ambi- ambi... ambiance ambidentate Ambidexter ambidexterity Ambidextral ambidextrianism ambidextrous			AMBCR AMBCS AMBDA AMBDAS AMBDC Ambe Ambe Ambe Ambe AMBEC Ambedkar Centre for Justice and Peace Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji ambeer AMBELIS Ambenonium ambenonium chloride amber amber amber amber amber amber AMBER (file format) AMBER (file format) AMBER (file format) AMBER (file format) Amber (molecular dynamics) Amber (molecular dynamics) Amber (molecular dynamics) Amber (molecular dynamics) Amber Alert Amber Alert Network Amber Alert Network amber axe Amber Baltic Golf Club Amber BlackBerry Converter Amber codon Amber codon Amber codon Amber codon amber fluid Amber Gambler amber glass Amber grease Amber grease Amber grease Amber grease Amber Light Of Death amber lily amber liquid Amber Lynn Cash Memorial Enterprises amber mutation amber mutation amber oil AMBER Plan AMBER Plan Amber room Amber Rum & Coke Amber seed Amber Shells Amber Short Stories

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