Airports
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Control towers at small airports to stay open
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The Transportation Departments says 149 control towers at small airports that were slated for closure will remain - open at least through Sept. 30.
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Houston Airport shooting leaves one dead
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Police say a man who had fired a gun inside a ticketing area at Houston's largest airport was killed after being confronted by a law enforcement official.
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Boston Terror Attack Investigation; FAA furloughs affect travel; Fitness class benefits local food bank
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Detroit Airport evacuated in response to suspicious package
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Authorities say they've evacuated part of the smaller of two terminals at Detroit Metropolitan Airport as a bomb squad responds to a suspicious item at a security checkpoint.
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Frederick officials upset over planned airport tower closure
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Frederick officials are crying foul over the Federal Aviation Administration's plan to shutter the city's airport tower due to sequestration budget cuts, the Gazette says.
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Budget cuts to close 6 D.C. area airport towers
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Six airport towers in the Washington region will shut down due to federal budget cuts. The six are among 149 announced by the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday.
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Maryland airports fight to keep towers
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The airports in Hagerstown, Frederick, Easton, Salisbury and Middle River are on a list of 238 small and mid-size airports across the country that might lose their control towers. The FAA is looking to cut costs after automatic federal budget cuts went into effect earlier this week.
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Sequestration 2013: Airport delays
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says U.S. airports are already experiencing delays as a result of automatic federal spending cuts, and she expects things to get worse.
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Airline merger: American, US Airways union could change hubs
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A merged American Airlines and US Airways will carry more passengers around the world than any other, but even the biggest airline flying doesn't need eight hub airports on the ground.
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TSA removing naked body image scanners from airports
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One of the most controversial, and in many cases despised, airport security devices in recent air travel history is being removed, the TSA says, as they're getting rid of airport body scanners that produce a naked image of travelers.
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Dulles marks 50th anniversary
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It was 50 years ago Saturday that then-President Kennedy dedicated Washington Dulles International Airport in what was then the far outskirts of northern Virginia.
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Michael Curto, Jack Potter face tough questioning at hearing
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At a House oversight hearing, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority chairman Michael Curto and CEO Jack Potter faced sharp questions about actions they took in their time with the authority.
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Barbara Lang sworn in to Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board
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The president of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce is set to take her seat on a regional airports board.
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Hagerstown Regional Airport to be expanded
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The Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics plans to build an 18,000-square-foot building for about $2 million at the Hagerstown Regional Airport.
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Fire stops flights temporarily at DC airports
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Flights were stopped for about 25 minutes Sunday morning at Reagan National, Dulles International and BWI Marshall airports due to a fire at an air traffic control facility.
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TSA fires screeners for being distracted by cellphones
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The Transportation Security Administration has moved to fire six bag-screeners and suspend 14 others at Logan International Airport in Boston for performing inadequate luggage checks, some because they were distracted by their cellphones or other electronic devices.
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Planes have close call at Detroit airport
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Just days after a miscommunication led to a 'loss of required separation' between three planes at Reagan National Airport, Detroit has a close call.
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TSA agent spilled grandfather's ashes, Indiana man says
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An Indiana man wants to be issued an apology after he says a Florida TSA agent spilled his grandfather's ashes at a security checkpoint.
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