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Former TSA worker in NH faces child porn charges

A former Transportation Security Administration worker at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport has been arrested on several charges of child pornography. Police said more than 1,000 images and one video of what appeared to be child pornography were found on a laptop and thumb drives that in a personal locker at ...

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TSA agents stop Chewbacca actor over light saber

Not even Chewbacca and his light saber get a free pass with airport security before being cleared to travel. Transportation Security Administration agents in Denver briefly stopped "Star Wars" franchise actor Peter Mayhew recently as he was boarding a flight with a cane shaped like one of science-fiction's most iconic ...

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Report: Government secretly scooping up phone records of millions of Verizon customers WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency has been collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top secret court order, according to a report in Britain's Guardian newspaper. The order was granted ...

FILE - This Sept. 26, 2006 file photo shows knives of all sizes and types are piled in a box at the State of Georgia Surplus Property Division store in Tucker, Ga., and are just a few of the hundreds of items discarded at the security checkpoints of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport that will be for sale at the store. John Pistole, the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says he's dropping a proposal that would have let airline passengers carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes. The proposal had drawn fierce opposition from lawmakers, airlines and others who said it would place passengers and crews at risk. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)

TSA drops plan to allow small knives on planes

The Transportation Security Administration is abandoning a plan to allow passengers to carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes in the face of fierce congressional and industry opposition, the head of the agency said Wednesday. By scuttling the plan to drop the knives and ...

US drops plan to allow small knives on planes

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is abandoning a plan to allow passengers to carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes in the face of fierce congressional and industry opposition, the head of the agency said Wednesday. By scuttling the plan to drop the knives ...

Former TSA worker arrested on bank robbery charge

Police in Gresham, Ore., have arrested a former Transportation Security Administration employee indicted in a March 12 bank robbery in the east Portland suburb. Lt. Claudio Grandjean said 30-year-old Trevor Lee Schindler was arrested Tuesday at his home. The spokesman says several TSA employees identified Schindler as the man visible ...

REPORT SAYS TSA SCREENING IS NOT OBJECTIVE

c.2013 New York Times News Service The Transportation Security Administration has little evidence that an airport passenger screening program, which some employees believe is a magnet for racial profiling and has cost taxpayers nearly a billion dollars, screens passengers objectively, according to a report by the inspector general for the ...

NATIONAL NEWS AT A GLANCE

c.2013 New York Times News Service CHRISTIE CALLS ELECTION IN OCTOBER TO FILL SENATE SEAT New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday a special election that was criticized for costing the state $24 million and setting up a schedule that may confuse voters. Voters will go to the polls on ...

TSA finds man gun carrying gun on prosthetic leg

Police have arrested a man who went through Salt Lake City airport security with a loaded gun strapped to his prosthetic leg. The Transportation Security Administration says airport police arrested the man Thursday night after security detected the .22 pistol. TSA spokeswoman Lorie Dankers says the gun was strapped to ...

FILE - In this April 1, 2013, file photo a bomb squad removes a piece of luggage after Detroit Metropolitan Airport was shut down by authorities who believed they had found an improvised explosive device in someone’s luggage. It turned out to be an electric Big Ben-style clock, a desktop wave machine and digital picture frame wrapped in newspapers and duct tape, according to police reports obtained by The Associated Press. The  passenger, John Wheeler, 66, told authorities he couldn’t immediately recall each item because he had been packing for two months for a move to the Philippines.  (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates, File)  DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

Behind response to airport bomb threat that wasn't

Thickly wrapped in newspaper and duct tape, several packages stowed in a man's luggage as he passed through Detroit Metropolitan Airport security last month had local and federal law enforcement officers believing they'd detected an explosive. As the terminal was partially evacuated and a bomb squad called, officers' suspicions grew ...

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8 common vacations: Surprising things you'll need

Sunscreen? Check. Extra socks? Double-check. There are some things you'll never forget to pack, whether you're headed to the Swiss slopes or the wilds of Africa. But your go-to packing checklist will only get you so far. Each unique vacation type—from a rugged eco-tour to a weekend getaway to a ...

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