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Airports offer more amenities for harried travelers
Updated 2 days, 14 hours![Ben Mutzabaugh answers this reader question about how airlines allow passengers to board and why.]()
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Updated 1 week, 2 days![The escalators at Denver International Airport are being blamed for several injuries.]()
Airport escalators blamed for injuries
Updated 2 days, 22 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 5 days, 19 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, 5 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, 5 days![Airport authorities plan renovation to accommodate growing passenger numbers, noise restrictions]()
Minneapolis airport plans major expansion
Updated 3 weeks, 5 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
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Airport security needs radical overhaul, airline execs say
Updated 1 week, 1 day![Let's see if we can pull a few rabbits out of the hat as you plan your next year of travel.]()
Airfare Expert: Four magically cheap dates to fly
Updated 1 week, 2 days![U.S. airlines appear to be increasing domestic fares for the seventh time this year.]()
Southwest boosts fares up to $10 round trip
Updated 1 week, 2 days![Allegiant Air's expansion to Hawaii has generated excitement -- and stirred hope -- among small cities across the western United States. One city, though, will be left out.]()
Allegiant Air axes Monterey from Hawaii expansion
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