Feds Conduct First Test Of ‘Presidential Alert’ System

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By: Gregory Wallace, CNN
(CNN) — If you have a cellphone, it probably buzzed and beeped loudly this afternoon around 2:18 p.m. EDT.
It was the first nationwide test of the system built by the federal government and cellphone carriers to warn Americans of an emergency, like a terror attack or a widespread disaster.
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We’ve seen Amber Alerts for missing children and weather alerts for incoming thunderstorms or tornadoes. The preside