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TSA OKs Hockey Sticks Aboard Flights, Bats Remain Outlawed

Apparently, John S. Pistole, the Transportation Security Administration administrator, has never been to a hockey game. How else to explain the move, beginning April 25, to allow U.S. airline passengers to carry on hockey...

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Thursday, March 7th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Female Passengers Say They Were Targeted for TSA Body Scanners

TSA agents in Dallas singled out female passengers to undergo screening in a body scanner, according to complaints filed by several women who said they felt the screeners intentionally targeted them to view...

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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Appeals court rejects constitutional challenge over full-body scanners

A federal appeals court on Friday unanimously declined to block the government from using intrusive body scanners across airports nationwide, saying it is “not persuaded by any of the statutory or constitutional arguments”...

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Friday, July 15th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Court OKs Airport Body Scanners, Rejects Constitutional Challenge

A federal appeals court on Friday unanimously declined to block the government from using airport body scanners across airports nationwide, saying it is “not persuaded by any of the statutory or constitutional arguments”...

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Friday, July 15th, 2011 Net News No Comments

How the Titanic disaster pushed Uncle Sam to "rule the air"

If you opened up The New York Times on April 15, 1912, you would have read one of the most famous news alerts of the 20th century. The Times reported that it had...

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Thursday, July 7th, 2011 Net News No Comments