The departments of Defense and Homeland Security have invested in technology to prevent attacks like the one in Brussels, including facial recognition technology that can spot and flag a suspected terrorist in a car heading toward an airport or crowded subway. But bringing that technology out of the lab and getting it to airports and street corners is a lot harder than just snapping a photo.

Just hours after two bombs exploded in the public departure area of Zaventem airport and a third at the Maelbeek metro station, grainy closed-circuit television footage surfaced showing three men at the airport. Two wore black gloves on their left hands, the third a white coat. Security experts said that footage showed the likely attackers and that the gloves might have concealed detonators.

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With Toronto taking it on the chin, the Maple Leafs' division is no longer superior to Washington's.

Quietly, on January 9, the baton of shame was passed.

With Carolina's 6-1 win over Toronto, and Washington's 4-3 victory over Tampa Bay, the Metropolitan Division abandoned its place as the Jerry Gergich of the NHL, passing the snooty Atlantic in the accumulated standings. By Tuesday morning (Jan. 14), that lead had been stretched to 12 points, 406 to 394.

It's hard to pinpoint exactly when the Metro got tired of having sand kicked in its face and decided to go all Charles Atlas on the Atlantic. Certainly the decision by the Flyers to bring in Craig Berube as coach helped turn a 1-7