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Ugly weather mixture on its way to region
Ready for thunderstorms, snow and wind gusts? All are possibilities for the northern Lower Peninsula today, Wednesday, through the end of the week, with the National Weather Service in Gaylord including varying types of precipitation for its day and...
Tags: National Weather Service, Weather, Weather Reports, Snow Storms
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How easy is it to visit the U.S.? Two surveys disagree.
The process of getting into the U.S. for a visit is either easy and efficient or so frustrating that many tourists tell their friends to avoid a trip to the country. The starkly different portrayals of the nation's customs process come from two separate...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Travel, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, National Security, Trips and Vacations
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA'S BUDGET PLAN WOULD RAISE TAXES, TRIM MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY The president sends Congress a $3.77 trillion proposal today to tame...Tags: Louisville Cardinals, National Collegiate Athletic Association, U.S. Congress, Politics
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United in deal to buy 30 regional jets from Embraer
Tribune reporterUnited Airlines said it has inked a deal to buy 30 new regional jets made by Brazil's Embraer as part of a plan to freshen its fleet of smaller aircraft. United plans to take delivery of the jets in 2014 and 2015. The world's largest airline didn't...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, United Air Lines, Financial Planning, Embraer SA, Brazil
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Airlines raise flight-changing fees
If you have to change your plans after booking a flight, get ready to pay higher fees. US Airways and United Airlines raised the fee charged to domestic passengers who want to rebook a nonrefundable ticket: It's now $200, up from $150. (The fee could be...
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., Travel, Gary C. Kelly, Air Transportation Industry, Air Transportation
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Congress passes bill to reduce flight delays; Obama will sign it
WASHINGTON -- Seeking to end flight delays that jammed airports nationwide, the House approved legislation Friday that will stop the furlough of air-traffic controllers, sending the bill to President Obama. Final passage of the quickly arranged...Tags: U.S. Congress, Jay Carney, Labor Legislation, Steny Hoyer, Career and Workplace
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Congress works when laws affect lawmakers
It seems sequestration began as a political game of chicken between President Obama and Congress in which going over the "cliff" had already been removed as a potential consequence. Both the president and Congress were certain the other would blink,...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Congress, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration
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When will hypocrisy of sequestration stop?
The sequester is totally outrageous. The people who are whining the most are the ones who made this happen. They wake up and they're absolutely shocked when their flight is delayed. So they take immediate action to carve out an exception that benefits...Tags: John Boehner, U.S. Congress
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2 Daily Flights Serving Sitka Canceled for Runway Work
Channel 2 NewsRunway work in Sitka has resulted in the month-long cancellation of two of Alaska Airlines' daily flights serving Sitka. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports the canceled flights are Flight 70, which typically arrives around 11 p.m., and Flight 73, which... -
Congress flies blind
What does it require to get members of Congress to take action quickly and decisively on an issue of federal spending? Now we know. The possibility that they will be delayed in an airport terminal somewhere waiting for a flight out of town is apparently...
Tags: Unemployment, Budget Control Act of 2011, Unemployment Benefits, Health Treatments, Breast Cancer
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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: Unemployment, Travel, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation, Career and Workplace
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Air traffic controllers' furloughs end
The furloughed air traffic controllers are back at work, and now the nation's airlines can blame only bad weather for delays in getting you to your destination. The furloughs that began about a week ago — delaying hundreds of planes across the...
Tags: Unemployment, Budget Control Act of 2011, Travel, Air Transportation, Transportation
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