Airport chapels convert, open arms to all faiths
Taxi driver Estifanos Gebi, of Atlanta, prays in the interfaith chapel at Hartsfield jackson Atlanta International Airport. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) DIONNE WALKER, Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP)...
View ArticleNaked man arrested for assault on plane
CLICK ABOVE TO WATCH VIDEO OF MAN BEING ESCORTED OFF PLANE OAKLAND, California (AP) — Authorities say a St. Louis-bound Southwest Airlines flight was forced to return to Oakland International Airport...
View ArticleNJ airport guard pleads guilty for Obama threat
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey airport security guard accused of threatening to shoot President Barack Obama has pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment in a deal with prosecutors. Linden resident...
View ArticleObama orders review of airline safety, officials acknowledge failures
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how U.S. intelligence organizations keep the skies safe and the shortcomings demonstrated by the failed Christmas Day attack on a...
View ArticleSen. DeMint standing firm against TSA nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator who is blocking confirmation of President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Transportation Security Administration is accusing Democrats of trying to install...
View ArticleNSC chief of staff: Obama got people's attention
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Council’s chief of staff says the Obama administration will “follow through” on all intelligence leads as they seek to avert any further terrorist attacks. Denis...
View ArticleArmed man attempts to greet Obama at airport
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) — An armed man spotted at a airport parking lot just after Air Force One departed and who said he wanted to see President Barack Obama was being held at the request of...
View ArticleArmed potential threat to Obama behind bars
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) — An Ohio man who authorities say was carrying a gun and driving a car loaded with law enforcement equipment when he said he wanted to see the president is a...
View ArticleWoman traumatized by runway runoff sues American Airlines
SEATTLE (AP) — A woman has sued American Airlines, saying she was traumatized when the plane she was on ran off the runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in...
View ArticleJay-Z Inks deal to bring 40/40 clubs to airports in the U.S
From: Hip Hop Wired Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club and Delaware North Companies Announce Airport Partnership Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and food service, has entered into an agreement...
View ArticleMontel Williams cited for marijuana pipe at airport
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin authorities say former talk show host and medical marijuana activist Montel Williams has been cited for possession of drug paraphernalia at General Mitchell International...
View ArticleDrug charges against Montel Williams dropped
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A judge dismissed a drug paraphernalia possession charge against former talk show host Montel Williams, who was briefly detained at a Milwaukee airport in January after a search of his...
View ArticleNigerian man arraigned on stowaway charges
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Nigerian American man is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Los Angeles on charges he breached airport security in New York and got a free ride on an LA-bound flight....
View ArticleEx-NBA player arrested for gun at airport
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former NBA player Darius Miles has been arrested after security officers found him carrying a loaded gun at Lambert Airport in St. Louis. Transportation Security Administration workers...
View ArticleCadet in LaBelle guard tussle back at West Point
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The Department of the Army has reinstated a West Point cadet who was involved in an airport scuffle with bodyguards for R&B diva Patti LaBelle. Richard King, a member of the...
View Article3 African refugees charged with fake Phoenix bomb
PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging three African refugees with attempting to take a simulated explosive device through Phoenix Sky...
View ArticleKelis allgedly called a 'slave' at UK airport
From Hello Beautiful: Singer Kelis took to Twitter just minutes ago to air out her thoughts on being called a slave at a UK airport. Kelis was at a UK airport with her son when a complete stranger...
View ArticleObama soothes bawling baby at San Francisco airport
From San Francisco Chronicle: SAN FRANCISCO — President Obama spent only a few hours in San Francisco on Tuesday, but he took just seconds to prove once again why he’s the baby whisperer. Moments after...
View ArticleTSA finds rapper Freddie Gibbs' weed, say 'C'mon son'
Rapper Freddie Gibbs was tried to create a new version of the “Mile High Club.” However, the TSA had one simple response for the Gary, Indiana rapper: “C’mon Son.” “The TSA found my weed and let me...
View ArticleJay-Z's 40/40 Club at Atlanta airport denied
From Hip Hop Blog: HipHopBlog has learned that hip hop mogul Jay-Z’s bid to put a 40/40 Club in the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been denied. Atlanta’s city council decided...
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