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Cutback warning was nonsensical
The deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warns of increased wait times at airport security checks because of “reductions in overtime and the inability of backfill positions for attrition.” Say what? A typical...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing
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Bob Hope Airport safe from sequestration cuts, so far
Bob Hope Airport will avoid the impact of $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts that are slated for midnight Friday -- a move that officials warn will force a scale back in operations at airfields across the nation. A last-minute huddle between...
Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Career and Workplace, Employees, Bob Hope, Federal Aviation Administration
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Woman who sued over applesauce scuffle at Bob Hope Airport files another amended complaint
This post has been corrected, see below for details. The woman who got into a tussle with security officials at Bob Hope Airport when they tried to confiscate her applesauce and other snacks filed a third amended complaint in her lawsuit this week in U....
Tags: Bob Hope, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests, Justice and Rights, Justice System
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Bob Hope Airport applesauce case gets messier
A woman who tussled with Bob Hope Airport security officers over a container of applesauce for her elderly mother seems poised to draw the ire of another federal official — this time a U.S. District Court judge. Nadine Hays was arrested in 2009...Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Crimes, Labor Disputes, Bob Hope, Trials
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Burbank receives grant to aid terror response
Of the roughly $58 million allotted to the Los Angeles area to help public safety agencies respond to terrorist threats, nearly $341,000 is coming to Burbank. The money comes by way of the Urban Area Security Initiative, a U.S. Department of Homeland...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bob Hope, Google Inc., FEMA
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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: Transportation Security Administration, Bob Hope, Trials, Judges, Defense
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