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TSA Rolls Out Faster Airport Screening Program

The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is testing out a new program that will allow passengers to speed through security screenings at airports. But to get through, they must volunteer background information about themselves prior to the security checkpoint. Those who comply will be allowed to pass through without removing shoes, jackets and valuables. The program, which has screened 336,000 passengers over several months of testing, will operate in 28 of the nation's ...

Will Smash splash or crash for NBC?

(L - R) Cast members Anjelica Huston, Debra Messing, Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty attend the panel for the NBC television series ''Smash'' at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California
NBC's new musical drama Smash could hardly have a stronger pedigree: Idea by Steven Spielberg, songs by award-winning Broadway producers, stars including Anjelica Huston and Debra Messing, and screen icon Marilyn Monroe holding the whole show-within-a show together.
Experts work at their screens in the NYSE Euronext cash markets operations room in Paris

Dow, S&P 500 Rise on Strong Consumer Confidence

The Dow and S&P 500 advanced for a second day on Tuesday as stronger-than-expected consumer confidence data and hopes for further progress on a solution to Europe's fiscal mess bolstered sentiment.
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Delta Diverts Polar Flights Due to Solar Storm

Delta Air Lines was diverting some flights on polar routes between Detroit and Asia to avoid disruptions to aircraft communications by a strong solar radiation storm, the airline said on Tuesday.
A general view shows central Tel Aviv backed by the Mediterranean Sea Jan. 23, 2012. Less than an hour away but a world apart from traditional places of pilgrimage in the Holy Land, Israel's free-wheeling city of Tel Aviv has become a Mediterranean hotspo

Tel Aviv Grows as Gay Tourism Hot Spot [PHOTOS]

Already dubbed as “the gay capital of the Middle East,” Tel Aviv, situated on the Mediterranean coast, is also said to have a large community of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people.
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AA to Offer Free Beer and Wine

American Airlines (which shares its initials with an anonymous organization that does not serve alcohol) announced on Wednesday that it would ditch its $6 to $7 fees and begin serving free beer and wine in all classes on flights between the United States and Europe, Asia, and select destinations in Latin America.
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Seattle Weather: Snowfall Starts, Flights Cancelled, Schools Closed

Snow starting falling on Seattle early on Wednesday morning, but despite the National Weather Service scaling back its snowfall predictions, a significant weather warning is still in place with schools,flights and Amtrak being cancelled ahead of time to prepare for snow accumulation.
An A380 aircraft is seen through a window with an Airbus logo during the EADS / Airbus 'New Year Press Conference' in Hamburg

Airbus Dismisses Financing Fears After Record Year

Aerospace group EADS batted away concerns over the financing needed to maintain a record wave of jet deliveries this year, as bumper orders from its Airbus unit and a major Japanese leasing deal provided fresh evidence of Asia's rising economic power.
A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo, November 24, 2011.

TPG Willing to Invest $1 Billion in Olympus

Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan's Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG's thinking said.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the trading day in New York

Stock Futures Mixed; JPMorgan Earnings Eyed

Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.05 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.16 percent at 1039 GMT.
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Potential Suitors Reported Circling American Airlines

US Airways Group and private equity firm TPG Capital are among several parties interested in potential bids for AMR Corp , the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
American Airlines planes sit at their gates while others taxi for arrival and departure at O'Hare International airport in Chicago

American Airlines to Cut 2 Routes and 150 Workers

AMR Corp , the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, on Monday said it would cut service between Chicago and New Delhi and between Dallas/Fort Worth and Burbank, California, a move that will eliminate 150 jobs.

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