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TSA pilot program lets fliers speed through security checks
To ease delays at airport security checkpoints, the Transportation Security Administration has launched a pilot program that lets average travelers hurry to their planes without having to remove their shoes or take liquids out of their carry-ons. But...
Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Transportation Industry, John Wayne
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McManus: Petraeus, the comeback general
Gen. David H. Petraeus, long the most famous overachiever in the U.S. Army, is already on his way to a new career distinction: breaking the land speed record for rehabilitation from a scandal. It was only two weeks ago that Petraeus resigned from his...
Tags: FBI, World War II (1939-1945), Adultery, Dianne Feinstein, David Petraeus
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Amid Powerball frenzy, murder trial recalls fate of a lotto winner
The odds that you'll regret winning the lottery are better than the odds of winning it. The trail of woe and despair beaten by many a lotto winner is long and well-documented, but among the saddest has to be the story of Abraham Shakespeare, 42, whose...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Polk County, Prosecution, Lotteries
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Horror fans pay a premium for extreme haunted mazes
Los Angeles Times staff writerThe increasing popularity of Halloween theme park events has spawned a new generation of exclusive reservation-only haunted mazes that promise a more intense and intimate experience for those willing to pay a premium. Photos: 10 extreme haunted mazes...Tags: Holidays, Tourism and Leisure, Halloween Horror Nights, Gardens and Parks, Amusement and Theme Parks
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The Petraeus affair: unscripted and simply scandalous
It's "Homeland" meets "The Real Housewives" — and it's hands down the best serialized show on TV. It's "Dallas" in military drag, in which a ridiculously retro social order (who knew that "socialites" and "hostesses" even existed anymore, never...
Tags: Dallas 2011 (tv program), Television Industry, Entertainment, David Petraeus, Revenge (tv program)
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Even the best and brightest can be knuckleheads
It seemed at first like a welcome break from political overload. There's nothing like a juicy sex scandal to relieve election fatigue. But this one, it turns out, brims with suggestions of military misconduct and questions of national security that have...
Tags: FBI, Barack Obama, Adultery, Dining and Drinking, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Titillation of Petraeus affair comes at a high cost for America
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was lucky there was no such thing as email during the Second World War. His romantic relationship with his lovely Irish driver, Kay Summersby, did not come to light for decades and did not keep him from leading the D-Day...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, World War II (1939-1945), Justice System, David Petraeus
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Chris Christie and Hurricane Sandy give Obama a timely boost
On his Comedy Central show Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert charged that hurricanes have a liberal bias -- and who can disagree? Katrina sank President George W. Bush, Isaac knocked a day off the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., and now...
Tags: Barack Obama, Hurricane Sandy (2012), American Red Cross, Comedy Central (tv network), Republican Party
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Mitt Romney chokes on Richard Mourdock's rape comment
Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, the tea party usurper who took down Sen. Richard Lugar in the Republican primary, created the biggest political buzz of the week by uttering the following sentence in a televised debate: “I think even...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Abortion Issue, Richard Lugar, Social Issues, John McCain
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National Hurricane Center warns of Tropical Storm Isaac surge
Tropical Storm Isaac, expected to make landfall Tuesday, could bring powerful winds, heavy rain and a storm surge of 6 to 12 feet, forecasters predict. Michael Lowry, a meteorologist with the storm surge group at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, ...
Tags: National Hurricane Center, Hurricanes, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Chuck Schumer, Tropical Storm Lee (2011)
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Central issues of Election 2012
Whoever wins the presidential election in November will confront urgent problems: Should tax cuts scheduled to expire be renewed? Should federal spending be cut to reduce the deficit or would that weaken an already lackluster economy? After one of the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Congressional Budget Office, Religion and Belief, Tax Credits, State Income Tax
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Review: Climbing the crime career ladder in 'Live by Night'
-------------------- LIVE BY NIGHT A Novel by Dennis Lehane William Morrow: 416 p.p., $27.99 -------------------- In a recent interview, Dennis Lehane told fellow author Stephen Anable, "one of the reasons I write is because of all the Jimmy Cagney...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Dining and Drinking, Literature, Flu
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