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Almost a 'Trusted Traveler': Are the airport hassles behind her now?
I'm a step closer to Trusted Traveler status. In a post that ran May 17, I wrote that I had received conditional approval for the Trusted Traveler program as part of the Global Entry system but that the earliest available appointment was Aug. 6....
Tags: Transportation Industry, Los Angeles International Airport, Trips and Vacations, Transportation Security Administration, Fort Lauderdale
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Review: '10 Buildings That Changed America' is a rewarding tour
The new PBS program "10 Buildings That Changed America" is nothing if not efficient. In a single breezy hour, it moves from Thomas Jefferson to Frank Gehry, racing in a chronological blur past Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi and a handful of other...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Arts and Culture, Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry
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Furloughs over, so air controllers (and flights) back on schedule
A week after federal officials launched job furloughs at air traffic control towers, the controllers are back on a regular work schedule -- and airline delays are now caused primarily by severe weather. The number of delays over the week averaged...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Unemployment, Transportation, Transportation Security Administration, Road Transportation
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Air traffic controllers' furloughs end
The furloughed air traffic controllers are back at work, and now the nation's airlines can blame only bad weather for delays in getting you to your destination. The furloughs that began about a week ago — delaying hundreds of planes across the...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, Air Transportation Industry, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress
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Ned Colletti is writing a different story these days
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- There is new spring in Ned Colletti's step these days, a brighter glint in his eye. Both are traceable to the same thing: Frank McCourt is no longer even a distant speck in the Dodgers' rearview mirror. Colletti, Dodgers general...
Tags: Ice Hockey, Newspaper and Magazine, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Arbitration
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Janet Napolitano: Budget feud has resulted in long airport lines
The budget battle in Washington that is forcing cuts to federal budgets has already resulted in delays and long lines at some of the nation's largest airports, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday. At a breakfast meeting with the...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Janet Napolitano, Transportation Security Administration, National Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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United Airlines fined $130,000 over delayed flight
Federal officials fined United Airlines $130,000 for failing to notify passengers that they could exit a plane that was delayed in Chicago for nearly five hours. The fine is the result of federal regulations that require airlines to give passengers on...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Air Transportation Delays, Fines, Air Transportation Industry, Career and Workplace
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18 human heads shipped to O'Hare claimed by cremation service
It was just before Christmas when customs officials at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport discovered 18 pieces of cargo that had arrived from Rome. Labeled as human specimens, each piece came individually wrapped and were contained in...
Tags: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Feds levied record fines against airlines in 2012
On the final day of the year, the U.S. Department of Transportation levied fines against two airlines that kept passengers stranded on delayed flights, pushing the number of violations issued against airlines in 2012 to a record. The federal agency...
Tags: JetBlue Airways, Pakistan, U.S. Department of Transportation, Air Transportation Delays, Air Transportation Industry
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Blizzard hits U.S. Midwest, wreaks havoc with travel
Fierce winds and snow smashed through the Midwest on Thursday, part of a weather system that has killed at least three and is setting the stage for miserable commuting and holiday travel through the heart of the nation. The winter-like weather didn&...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Holiday Vacations, Snow Storms, Weather Warnings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Lengthy airline delays drop in June, report says
Money & CompanyLong airline delays have dropped dramatically since federal officials adopted fines against air carriers that strand passengers on grounded planes, according to a study released Tuesday. The monthly analysis of the nation's largest airlines by the...
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