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TSA to allow small knives, sporting gear on planes
For the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, federal airport screeners will allow passengers to carry onto a plane small knives, as well as golf clubs, hockey sticks and pool cues. The policy change, which will take effect April 25,...
Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Clubs and Associations, Southwest Airlines Co., Sports, Golf
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TSA warns Super Bowl fans to leave mining tools, air horns at home
Football fans flying to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII will be packing a lot of enthusiasm, but they'd better not haul pickaxes, air horns or flasks of booze. And if you're bringing a live raven, check with out your airline's pet policy before getting...
Tags: Mining, Baltimore Ravens, Super Bowl XLVII, San Francisco 49ers, Transportation Security Administration
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TSA ends contract with Rapiscan, maker of full-body scanner
The Transportation Security Administration has ended a contract with the Hawthorne-based manufacturer of a controversial full-body scanner used to screen passengers. Rapiscan, a unit of OSI Systems Inc., manufactured about half of the full-body scanners...
Tags: OSI Systems Incorporated, Transportation Security Administration, Los Angeles International Airport
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Obama's gift to pay-frozen federal workers: Take Christmas Eve off
WASHINGTON -- 'Twas the day before Christmas and all across the federal government, workers were enjoying an extra day off after President Obama issued an executive order closing offices Monday and excusing all but postal service employees from duty....
Tags: George W. Bush, Religious Festivals, Employees, Government, White House
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Feds call for new safety review of airport scanners
This post has been updated. See note below.Responding to critics, the Department of Homeland Security is launching another safety study of full-body scanners used to screen passengers at the nation's airports. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Transportation Security...Tags: Science and Technology, Electronics, National Security, Transportation Security Administration, Medical Procedures and Tests
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More firearms uncovered at airports in 2012
The variety and quantity of firearms discovered at the nation’s airports continued to grow in 2012. As of Nov. 30, the Transportation Security Administration had uncovered about 1,500 firearms in carry-on bags and in the clothes of would-be...
Tags: U.S. Airways, Weaponry, Transportation Security Administration, Los Angeles International Airport, Firearms
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TSA officer arrested on suspicion of theft at LAX
L.A. NOWA federal Transportation Security Administration officer was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of stealing $100 from an airline passenger who was going through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. Los Angeles... -
Pair to plead guilty in smuggling scheme involving TSA
L.A. NOWTSA bribery caper: Two suspected drug couriers have agreed to plead guilty in a case where former Transportation Security Administration screeners accepted bribes in return for smuggling marijuana onto planes leaving Los Angeles International Airport,... -
LAX baggage screening facility working at only half capacity
L.A. NOWA $140-million baggage screening facility that was part of a recent remodel of the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport has been able to process only about half the luggage it was designed to handle, airport officials...... -
Western troops take steps to avoid fratricide by Afghans
World NowU.S. and NATO soldiers have been ordered to take extraordinary precautions against being shot by Afghan troops, including designating “guardian angels” to keep watch at joint bases around the clock, according to a senior military official.... -
Airports: Are we any safer?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn May 1, 1961, Inez Harlow flew into the history books. The 23-year-old flight attendant had been suspicious of the slim passenger from the moment he boarded the National Airlines Convair CV-440 in Miami. "He had dark glasses on, his collar up,...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Crime, Law and Justice, Defense, Rome (Italy), Travel
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U.S. aviation security timeline
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHere are some significant events and policies in the history of U.S. aviation security: 1955 A United Airlines plane explodes after takeoff in Denver, killing all 44 aboard. Investigators blame Jack Graham for placing a bomb in his mother's luggage,...Tags: Electronics, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Terrorism
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