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Amber Alert

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AmĀ·ber Alert (mbr)
n.
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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[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.
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.
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.
 
 
 
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