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Disney to donate $2 million for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts
The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday announced plans to donate $2 million to efforts to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The U.S. death toll from the storm rose to 75 overnight Wednesday, and about 2.5 million remained without power in metropolitan New...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Long Island, Hurricanes, Human Interest, Brooklyn Bridge
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Airport launches study to prevent bird-aircraft collisions
Bob Hope Airport is launching its first-ever study of wildlife in an effort to reduce the odds of potentially dangerous collisions between birds and aircraft.
The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority this week approved a $126,000, yearlong...Tags: Bob Hope, Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, Hudson River, Federal Aviation Administration
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Airlines' on-time performance drops sharply because of furloughs
On-time performance of airlines at the nation's biggest airports dropped 9 percentage points Monday after hundreds of air traffic controllers were furloughed by budget cuts. East Coast airports felt most of the pain, the Federal Aviation...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Delays, Federal Aviation Administration, Career and Workplace, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
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About 400 U.S. flights delayed as sequestration takes hold
Sequestration is starting to frustrate air travelers. About 400 flights were delayed Sunday because of air traffic controller furloughs, the Federal Aviation Administration said, and a few more interruptions were reported Monday, though the nation's air...Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation Delays, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Air travelers begin feeling the effects of sequestration
Sequestration is starting to frustrate air travelers. About 400 flights were delayed Sunday because of air traffic controller furloughs, the Federal Aviation Administration said, and a few more interruptions were reported Monday at Los Angeles...
Tags: Transportation, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, American Airlines, Inc., Government Debt, Travel
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Man fined $35,000 for conspiring to smuggle cigarettes through Md.
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was placed on probation for 11 months and fined $35,000 after pleading guilty Monday in Washington County Circuit Court to conspiring to smuggle 2,568 cartons of cigarettes through Maryland. Abdelaziz M. Abdelaziz, 43, pleaded...
Tags: Punishment, Brooklyn (New York City), Rentals, Maryland State Police, Lawyers
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History of US bombings, failed attempts
Here is a list of some of the worst bombings in the U.S. dating to the 1800s, including some famous attempts that failed: — April 15, 2013: Two bombs explode in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing two people and...
Tags: Radio City Music Hall, Punishment, Terry Nichols, Suicide, Police Arrests
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N.Y. man fined $5,000 in cigarette-smuggling attempt
dona@herald-mail.comA New York City man charged with trying to smuggle 805 cartons of cigarettes through Maryland forfeited the $30,000 worth of smokes and received a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court to transporting unstamped...Tags: Rentals, New York City
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Chan Lowe: Sequestration's upside
Generally, living under one of the flight paths for Boca Raton Executive Airport isn’t that irritating. It’s relatively quiet during the six months of summer, because that’s when the CEOs go to Jackson Hole and other more hospitable...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Personal Income, Physiology
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Waits of the world now easy to bear
Just a second. Hang on. Be right there. OK, I'm ready to get started. Thanks for sticking around. This is a column about — wait for it — waiting, specifically about how much better waiting has become in recent years. It is also an...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Computer Hardware, The New York Times, Scrabble (game), Bruce Springsteen
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Rapper 2 Chainz arrested on Eastern Shore, takes photo with troopers
Maryland State Police said they arrested Grammy-nominated rapper 2 Chainz on a drug citationfollowing a Thursday traffic stop on his way to perform at a homecoming event at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The rapper, whose real name is...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Drug Trafficking, Crimes, Maryland State Police, Talbot County
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2 Chainz arrested in drug possession case; poses for photo with cops
Rapper 2 Chainz was arrested Thursday on suspicion of drug possession in Maryland, where he was supposed to perform a college event. The 35-year-old, whose real name is Tauheed Epps, was pulled over for allegedly going 79 mph in a 55 mph zone in Easton,...Tags: Entertainment Events, Drug Trafficking, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Transportation Security Administration
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