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Feds Find LAX Airport Can Be a Zoo -- Literally

By Allan LengelJan 12th 2011 – 7:08PM
U.S. Attorney's Office / AP

U.S. Attorney's Office / AP

On any given day, the sprawling Los Angeles International Airport known as LAX can be a zoo, locked in a frenetic pace, passengers coming and going. And then on certain days, it really, really is a zoo. Over the past few years alone, federal law enforcement authorities have nabbed people trying to illegally smuggle in...

'Baywatch' Beauty Feels Overexposed After TSA Scan

By David MoyeDec 6th 2010 – 5:52PM
Rebecca Sanabria

Rebecca Sanabria

(Dec. 6) -- A former "Baywatch" beauty is feeling overexposed after going through what she says was a humiliating body scan by Transportation Security Administration agents at Los Angeles International Airport. Donna D'Errico, who was the Playboy Playmate in September 1995, says she got a few leers along with the scan and...

Severe Turbulence Injures 25 on LA-Bound Flight

By Michelle RuizJul 21st 2010 – 2:31PM

(July 21) -- A United Airlines flight was cruising at 34,000 feet toward Los Angeles with drinks sitting on tray tables when severe turbulence lurched the jetliner, sending the cabin into disarray and injuring 25 of the 265 people aboard, the airline said today. "I saw at least two people hit the ceiling," passenger...

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Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States.

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