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Alaska Lawmaker With Mastectomy Refuses TSA Pat-Down

Alaska state Rep. Sharon Cissna is returning to Juneau today by car, small plane and ferry, rather than by plane as scheduled, because she refused to be patted down by security workers Sunday at the Seattle airport. Cissna, an Anchorage Democrat who was returning home after a medical treatment, underwent security...

Storm Barrels Through Northwest as Travel Ramps Up

SEATTLE (Nov. 23) -- A vicious storm struck the Pacific Northwest and other western states at the start of the holiday travel season, dumping heavy snow on roads, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people and causing a cargo plane to overshoot its runway in Seattle. At least three deaths have been blamed on the...

Full-Body Security Scanners: Coming Soon to an Airport Near You

(July 21) -- Modesty and air travel are two concepts that appear to be mutually exclusive these days, thanks to an increasing level of scrutiny at the security checkpoint. Exhibit A: the controversial full-body scanner, likely coming soon to an airport near you. In the U.S., 142 are currently in operation at 41 airports,...

Background on seattle tacoma international airport

The Seattle–Tacoma International Airport , also known as Sea–Tac Airport or Sea–Tac (), is an American airport located in SeaTac, Washington, at the intersections of State Routes 99 and 509 and 518, about west of Interstate 5. It serves Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, as well as the rest of western Washington.

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