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Snow Globes Soon To Be Allowed On Airplanes

Chris Allen — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:46:40 +0000

Snow globes will soon fall off the Transportation Security Administration's list of forbidden carry-on items. Currently, snow globes are prohibited from being brought through security as a carry-on item. Instead, any flier wishing to fly with a snow globe must put it in his or her checked luggage – or buy one from a post-security airport retailer. Snow Globes?

TSA Defends Interrogating 4 Year Old

Steve Tanko — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:22:51 +0000

TSA officials are defending their actions after interrogating a 4 year old girl at a Montana airport. Michelle Brademeyer, of Missoula, Mon., wrote about the incident on her Facebook page alleging TSA officers called for backup after her daughter would not stop crying and at one point was ordered to spread her legs. The young [...]

TSA Screeners Find 4 To 5 Guns Every Day

Steve Tanko — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:41:32 +0000

This is a bit of news that YOU choose whether or not it’s good or bad; Federal Transportation Security Administration agents find an average of 4 to 5 guns tucked away in luggage each and every day. Passengers typically say they forgot the weapon was in their bag, TSA officials said. But in one recent [...]