 At airports, keep taking those shoes off — for now
 09.03.2010 23:39  0 views  0 comments
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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
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 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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 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
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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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 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
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 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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 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
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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
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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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