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Airport escalators blamed for injuries
Updated 1 day, 18 hours![Linus is one of 115 beagles working at airports around the country to detect foods that are unsafe to enter the U.S.]()
Unlikely search dogs now used at airports
Updated 4 days, 15 hours![A permanent exhibit paying tribute to Superman opened at the airport in Cleveland -- the city where the "Man of Steel" was created.]()
Superman exhibit opens at Cleveland Hopkins airport
Updated 1 week, 4 days![Travelers at Newark Liberty International Airport now have an expedited way to clear security checkpoints.]()
How TSA's pre-screening program works
Updated 3 weeks, 4 days![Airport authorities plan renovation to accommodate growing passenger numbers, noise restrictions]()
Minneapolis airport plans major expansion
Updated 3 weeks, 4 days![COLLEGE PARK, Ga. -- With a few whistles and command calls, Brian Cash and his crew of border collies corral a herd of sheep for breakfast, lunch and dinner (and plenty of snacks in between).]()
Airport employs sheep as weed wackers
Updated 1 month, 1 week![Airline to install Airbus planes with lightweight, thinner seats, so that planes will be able to hold an additional more row.]()
United Airlines to install thinner seats
Updated 1 month, 1 week![When the president is "in transit" by air, who has responsibility for air traffic control of Air Force One?]()
Ask the Captain: Air traffic control for Air Force One
Updated 1 week, 2 days![The airline passenger accused of bringing a smoke grenade into the U.S. will remain in custody, judge rules.]()
Judge orders passenger held in smoke grenade case
Updated 1 week, 4 days![Here is this week's "name that airport" photo.]()
Name that airport ...
Updated 1 week, 4 days![American Airlines says the flight cuts it made in response to operational problems will continue through Nov. 14.]()
American Airlines extends flight cuts into November
Updated 1 week, 5 days![Passenger accused of taking a smoke grenade on a jetliner was making a 'fashion statement,' his lawyer's office says.]()
Lawyer: Smoke grenade passenger to plead not guilty
Updated 1 week, 5 days![Seemingly overnight, American has become the butt of jokes from Facebook to late-night TV.]()
American Airlines stumbles on path to recovery
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