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At airports, keep taking those shoes off — for now

09.03.2010 23:39   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United, Secretary, Security, States, United States

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that technology currently available doesn't allow screeners to adequately examine what is in someone's shoes while the person is wearing them.
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Suspect in Newark airport breach pleads guilty

09.03.2010 22:40   0 views   0 comments
Tags: David, Chief, March

March 9: Haisong Jiang pleads guilty to a misdemeanor in a Newark, N.J., airport security breach. Msnbc's David Shuster reports.  (Other)A graduate student from China charged with a security breach in Newark that led to worldwide flight delays pleads guilty and apologizes.



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Airlines improve on-time performance

09.03.2010 21:09   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United

U.S. airlines have their best January in four years, when it comes to arriving on time.
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Airport security flaws exposed at duty free

09.03.2010 20:01   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Security, London, Washington, Airport

Security has been tightened at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after a team of investigative journalists smuggled bottles of liquid onto passenger jets bound for London and Washington, D.C.
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Continental CEO will cancel flights before fines

09.03.2010 19:16   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United

Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stiff fines under new federal rules designed to punish carriers for delaying passengers.


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JetBlue, Delta ask for tarmac rule exemptions

09.03.2010 16:54   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United, Blue, Delco

JetBlue and Delta want temporary exemptions from a new government rule that will limit the time passengers can be held on the tarmac.
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3-hour rule ready to become reality

09.03.2010 14:37   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United, Whether

DOT-imposed rules that could result in stiff penalties against airlines that hold passengers on tarmacs for three hours or more will likely result in more flight cancellations.Starting next month, air travelers will get  protection against tarmac delays of three hours or longer. Whether that’s good, bad or unnecessary is a matter of opinion. By Rob Lovitt



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Plane with engine trouble lands at Calif. airport

09.03.2010 7:50   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United, International, California, Place, Airport

A United Airlines spokeswoman says a plane carrying 15 passengers and three crew members has arrived safely at Fresno Yosemite International Airport in central California after experiencing mechanical trouble.
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Major rock slide closes I-70 in western Colo.

09.03.2010 1:22   0 views   0 comments
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March 8: Officials say it may take weeks to reopen a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70. NBC's Brian Williams reports.  (Nightly News)A rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on Interstate 70, closing a 17-mile stretch of the highway in western Colorado.



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Ground zero hotel wants to attract 9/11 tourists

09.03.2010 0:51   0 views   0 comments
Tags: World, September, Trail, Center

The World Trade Center construction site is shown in a view taken from the rooftop restaurant of the World Center Hotel in New York. The rooms boast views directly on the memorial site’s construction.Looking down into the construction site covering the 16 acres where the World Trade Center once stood, some might see a place shadowed by death. But Cheryl Palmer sees a rebirth.



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Animal rights' group urges Alaska tourism boycott

09.03.2010 0:33   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Palm, National

An animal rights' group is calling for a tourism boycott of Alaska over a recent decision to remove buffer zones for wolf trapping near Denali National Park.


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United Airlines says storms cost it $40 million

08.03.2010 23:38   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United, East

United Airlines says last month's back-to-back winter storms along the East Coast cost it $40 million in revenue, trumping smaller weather-related revenue losses reported by other U.S. carriers.
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Major rock slide closes I-70 in western Colorado

08.03.2010 22:16   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United, Department

A rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on Interstate 70, closing a 17-mile stretch of the highway in western Colorado.
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US Airways slapped with $40,000 fine

08.03.2010 18:55   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United, States, United States, Monday, Department

US Airways was handed a $40,000 civil penalty by the U.S. Department of Transportation Monday for not disclosing the full price travelers had to pay.
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Jet with 74 aboard makes emergency landing

08.03.2010 15:36   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Officials

Officials say a jet carrying 74 people made an emergency landing at the Aspen, Colo., airport after smoke entered the pilot's cabin.
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Jet with 74 aboard makes emergency landing

08.03.2010 10:38   0 views   0 comments
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Officials say a jet carrying 74 people made an emergency landing at the Aspen airport after smoke entered the pilot's cabin.
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U.S. upgrading security with more scanners

06.03.2010 2:07   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United, Security, March, Brian

March 5: The Transportation Security Administration on Friday showed off the new scanners that will be activated next week at Boston's Logan airport. The TSA hopes to have 450 advanced scanners at airports by the end of the year. NBC's Brian Williams reports.  (Nightly News)The Transportation Security Administration is fielding a second, more widespread wave of full-body scanners at U.S. airports.





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U.S. upgrading security with more scanners

05.03.2010 20:27   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United, Security

The Transportation Security Administration is fielding a second, more widespread wave of full-body scanners at U.S. airports.


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Stomach bug strikes again on S.C. cruise ship

05.03.2010 18:01   0 views   0 comments
Tags: South

Passengers have again fallen ill with a stomach bug aboard a cruise ship hit by a virus last month on its previous trip from South Carolina.
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