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TSA to allow knives, but Michigan ban remains
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Pocketknives are prohibited in Michigan airports, but beginning next month the Transportation Security Administration says agents will allow them through security checkpoints anyway. TSA recently announced that starting April...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Transportation Industry
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Reactions mixed in response to new TSA knife policy on planes
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Waiting to catch a flight home to Oregon from South Bend Regional Airport, Emanuel Albrecht recalled an expensive pocket knife he once had to throw away at a security checkpoint before boarding his plane. Similarly, his wife Alma...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Golf, Travel, Transportation Industry, Clubs and Associations
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Cancer patient gets TSA escort on return trip
SEATTLE (AP) — A Michigan cancer patient who says she was humiliated during a recent Seattle airport security pat-down on her way to Hawaii got a Transportation Security Administration escort through security as she headed home. Michelle Dunaj...
Tags: Cancer, Leukemia
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Judge: Man who stripped at airport not guilty
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man kept his clothes on when he went through court security on his way to his trial, unlike the episode that got him there: stripping at Portland's airport to protest security measures he found invasive. John... -
Tornado hits LaPorte County, power still out in Michiana after storms
Parts of Michiana are recovering from the heavy storms that swept through the area Saturday night and early Sunday morning. The National Weather Service says a preliminary damage survey of a home southeast of Rolling Prairie in eastern LaPorte County is...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Tornadoes, Weather, Air Transportation Delays, Weather Reports
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4 hospitalized by bag odor at Boston airport
BOSTON (AP) — A noxious odor coming from a passenger's bag at Boston's Logan International Airport sent four Transportation Security Administration officials to the hospital. Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella says the odor was noticed at about 8 a....Tags: Boston, Hospitals and Clinics, Delta Air Lines, Health, United Air Lines
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Sen. Rand Paul stopped by Tenn. airport security
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says he was stopped briefly by security at the Nashville airport when a scanner found an "anomaly" on his knee. The Republican who frequently uses the airport about an hour from his Bowling Green, Ky.,...Tags: The Associated Press, U.S. Senate, Rand Paul, Ron Paul
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New airport scanners .. Privacy invasion or safety requisite?
Some call it an invasion of privacy others don't mind as long as it keeps them safe. Either way, South Bend Airport is now getting those new controversial body scanners. TSA has made changes to try and ease the concerns of travelers who believed... -
South Bend Regional Airport gets new body scanner
WSBT-TV ReportSOUTH BEND – South Bend Regional Airport started using a body scanner at its security checkpoint Wednesday morning. “An officer will direct a passenger into the machine, [the passengers] hold their hands above their head for just a second and... -
TSA: Daggers hidden in book at Reagan Airport
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration says officers found two throwing daggers hidden in a hollowed-out book at a checkpoint at Reagan-Washington National Airport. A TSA spokesman says a passenger was stopped Monday when...Tags: Washington, DC
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Four airports try lower-hassle security screening
ATLANTA (AP) — Four major U.S. airports have begun a test of whether passengers who disclose more personal information can get through security lines with fewer hassles. The "PreCheck" program represents an attempt to move away from a one-size-... -
Colo. woman accused of groping TSA agent in Ariz.
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a Colorado woman who allegedly groped a female Transportation Security Administration agent at Phoenix's international airport is facing a felony count of sexual abuse. Phoenix police say 61-year-old Yukari Mihamae is...Tags: Colorado, Crime, Law and Justice, Television Industry, Trials
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