Former Homeland Security Secretary hospitalized in Austin

AUSTIN (AP) – A spokesman says former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is in critical condition after undergoing an emergency heart procedure at a hospital in Austin.
Ridge spokesman Steve Aaron says the 72-year-old Ridge, Pennsylvania’s Republican governor from 1995 to 2001, was attending the Republican Governors Association conference when he called for help at his hotel around 7 a.m. Thursday.
Ridge underwent a cardiac catheterization at Dell Seton Medical Center at