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American Airlines bankruptcy: 'Business as usual' for passengers
The parent company for American Airlines, the nation's third largest carrier, filed for bankruptcy, citing high labor costs and a volatile economy.
American Airlines, the largest carrier at Los Angeles International Airport, and a carrier at Bob Hope...Tags: Bob Hope, Bankruptcy, Air Transportation Industry, Travel, Air Transportation
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Residents give thanks to veterans
BURBANK — Hundreds of residents gathered Monday to honor Burbank servicemen and women who have fought and continue to defend the United States on the battlefields.
During the annual Memorial Day tradition, members of the Burbank Veteran...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Awards and Prizes, Memorial Day, World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest
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Mailbag: Ready to vote for Schiff again
I am somewhat surprised at the inaccuracies included in prior tea-party-type letters criticizing our elected member of Congress here in the 29th District. Rep. Adam Schiff has a laudable record, both as our representative in the House of...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Sacramento, Lee Baca, Crimes, Adam Schiff
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Government drops airport applesauce assault case
A judge has dismissed the final complaint against the woman who engaged in a tussle last year with a federal transportation security agent over carry-on applesauce and other snacks for her 93-year-old mother at Bob Hope Airport. An administrative...Tags: Bob Hope, Travel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation, Justice System
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Training for attacks on U.S.
LOS ANGELES — Local, state and federal law enforcement agents swarmed a Burbank home Monday in a training exercise aimed at finding a potential radiological device. The drill started with the mock detonation of an improvised explosive device in...Tags: Explosions, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), FBI, Terrorism, Police Investigations
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Political Landscape: Ramani: Gatto is aloof
Representatives for Republican Assembly candidate Sunder Ramani are arguing that his opponent is dodging opportunities to participate in debates ahead of the June 8 runoff election to represent Glendale, Burbank and parts of Los Angeles. Ramani...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Pakistan, Glendale (Los Angeles, California)
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Purdue students use Indy 500 to study homeland security
Purdue University is using the Indianapolis 500 as an opportunity to teach. Students studying homeland security are getting the chance to see what it takes to keep people safe at a large event like the race. As people lined up to get into the track for...
Tags: Purdue University, Indianapolis 500
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G8 leaders tout economic growth, fiscal responsibility
President Barack Obama and fellow leaders at the Group of Eight meeting he hosted Saturday put job creation and economic growth at the top of their to-do list. "(They) must be our top priority. A stable growing European economy is in everybody's best...
Tags: NATO, International Organizations, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Barack Obama, Pakistan
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Federal judge blocks National Defense Authorization Act provision
In a stunning turnaround for an act of Congress, a judge ruled Wednesday that a counterterrorism provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense appropriations bill, is unconstitutional. Federal district Judge Katherine B. Forrest...
Tags: The New York Times, Barack Obama, Daniel Ellsberg, Activism, Terrorism
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Homeland Security official: Airport employees are potential terror risks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Commercial air travel is at risk from terrorists who quietly get jobs at airports so that they can attack from within sensitive areas, a senior Homeland Security Department official told lawmakers Wednesday. There has never been...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Grupo Bimbo, Personal Data Collection, Bennie G Thompson, Interior Policy
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Newark airport security? Worker used fake ID for years, police say
NEW YORK -- Twenty years ago, a man named Jerry Thomas died in New York City -- murdered in Queens in a case that was never solved. Not long afterward, a man named Jerry Thomas began working at Newark's international airport. The second Jerry Thomas...
Tags: Queens (New York City), Illegal Immigrants, Transportation Security Administration, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Grupo Bimbo
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Newark airport security worker pleads not guilty to ID theft
NEW YORK -- A longtime Newark Liberty International Airport security worker pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of stealing the identity of a man slain 20 years ago to conceal his illegal immigration status -- a case that has embarrassed an airport...
Tags: Rutgers University, Tampa, Health and Safety at School, Theft, Frank Lautenberg
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