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TSA expands faster screening to international travelers
Some U.S. travelers who fly abroad are now eligible to zip through special airport screening lines without removing their shoes, belts and jackets or taking laptops and liquids out of carry-on bags. The Transportation Security Administration announced...
Tags: International Travel, Travel, Transportation Industry, Security Measures, Air Transportation Industry
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Airlines pack in passengers at a record rate in 2012
If you find an empty seat next to you on your next flight, consider yourself very lucky. The nation's airlines set a new record last year for the percentage of seats filled on commercial flights, with an overall average rate of 82.8%, up from 82% in...Tags: U.S. Airways, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines Co., Air Transportation Industry
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Furloughs over, so air controllers (and flights) back on schedule
A week after federal officials launched job furloughs at air traffic control towers, the controllers are back on a regular work schedule -- and airline delays are now caused primarily by severe weather. The number of delays over the week averaged...Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Air Transportation Delays, Travel, Road Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
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Knives on a plane?
Once in a while, a government agency adopts a policy that is logical, hardheaded, based on experience and unswayed by cheap sentiment. This may be surprising enough to make you reconsider your view of bureaucrats. But not to worry: It usually doesn't...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism, Edward J Markey, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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TSA delays allowing passengers to carry small knives on planes
Los Angeles Times Daily Deals and Travel BloggerYou won’t be taking your Swiss Army knife onto the plane with you on Thursday after all. In a surprise delay, John Pistole, head of the Transportation Security Administration, said a change that would allow passengers to carry on small knives...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Janice Hahn
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TSA to delay allowing small knives on planes
The Transportation Security Administration will temporarily delay a policy change that would have allowed passengers to carry small folding knives onto planes. In a letter to TSA employees, TSA chief John Pistole said he decided to maintain, at least...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Air Transportation Delays, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Southwest Airlines Co.
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Public gets chance to comment on TSA's full-body scanners
Airline passengers have been walking through full-body scanners for nearly five years, but only now are fliers getting a chance to officially tell the federal government what they think about the screening machines. In response to a lawsuit, the U.S....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Security Measures
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Correcting airline ticket errors a tricky business
Question: A company I was working with booked me on flights using Travelocity. When I was emailed the ticket I noticed I was booked as "Steven," though my legal first name is "Stephen." Knowing Transportation Security Administration regulations and...
Tags: Google Inc., Travel, Air Transportation, Transportation, Trips and Vacations
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Police: Irate air passenger fights authorities during pat-down
Tribune reporterA 22-year-old Maryland man trying to board a flight Friday night at Midway International Airport swore at and shoved a TSA agent and then fought with police after being told he faced a pat-down search, authorities said. Benjamin Geraci, 22, of the...Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Q&A: Jay Chandrasekhar
For RedEyeBroken Lizard co-founder Jay Chandrasekhar admits that when writing jokes, it's much easier to get raunchy than to avoid the dirt. "We try mightily to come up with bits that are clean, because it's the only way you can get on Kimmel or Letterman," he...Tags: Cheech Marin, Entertainment Events, Chicago Bulls, Entertainment, Stand-up Comedy
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Families of 9/11 victims speak out on revised TSA knife policy
The Transportation Security Administration will soon let airline passengers carry small folding knives onto planes for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But a group of flight attendants are doing everything they can to halt the...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Airways, American Airlines, Inc., Security Measures, Air Transportation Industry
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: Energy Saving, Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Government Debt
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