$1 billion makeover plan for LA airport approved

A $1 billion plan to upgrade the Los Angeles International Airport's international terminal has been approved.

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LA airport unveils new runway safety system

A new warning system designed to prevent runway accidents was unveiled Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport, which has been plagued for years by close calls and other safety violations on its runways and taxiways.

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FAA: Fuel transfer problems prompted jet's return

Authorities say fuel transfer problems prompted an Air Pacific jetliner to return to Los Angeles International Airport.

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JetBlue to add flights to Los Angeles Int'l

JetBlue says it will go forward with a plan to serve Los Angeles International Airport beginning in June.

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Bomb Scare Evacuates LA Airport

Authorities say a portion of Los Angeles International Airport has been evacuated after a message was found saying there was a bomb in the ladies room.

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Mom Said to Help Girls Bake Ex-Lax Cookies

A 43-year-old woman is charged with helping her daughter and two other teenage girls bake cookies laced with a laxative that were then given to a teacher.

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A doctor driving a Mercedes Benz fatally struck another doctor running across a street at the entrance of LAX, authorities said today.

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For about 15 days a month, Alaska Airlines pilot Jim Lancaster lives in a motor home in Parking Lot B near the southernmost runway at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Flying--is it worth it?

This week I had my first brush with flying since 9/11. I hate to fly. I don't like having to arrive nearly 2 hours early, the inevitable delays and being stuck in a metal tube at 40,000 feet for even 65 minutes.

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Los Angeles International has unveiled a new $7 million radar system designed to eliminate aircraft runway incursions that have been a major operational problem for years.

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A large metal baggage container was sucked into the engine of a Japan Airlines Boeing 747 on Monday as the giant jetliner prepared to depart with 245 passengers from Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.

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SAITAMA--The Kuki municipal office in Saitama Prefecture has paid about 55 million yen in subsidies to a bogus organization over the past 16 years, commissioning it to run an after-school child care center, according to sources.

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Authorities say a vendor employee at Los Angeles International Airport was arrested Monday for allegedly bringing a weapon to work, marking the third such occurrence at the airport in four days.

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Here we go again

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LOS ANGELES - A pretty blond Ohio woman used as a decoy for Jamie Lynn Spears in a ham-handed switcheroo to fool paparazzi wants Los Angeles airport police to pay for duping her, too.

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The Grinchess of Los Angeles Airport: Merry Christmas

These are the holidays. Christmas is supposed to be a time of good cheer and good will toward all men and women. However, I think some folks didn't get the memo. My wife and I were coming back from Michigan last week when I witnessed a horrible crime against the holiday spirit.

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According to the News, the "heist" took just 90 minutes. Then they returned the building to its real owners, Empire State Land Associates.

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Ahmed Ressam, the 'millennium bomber' convicted of plotting to blow up Los Angeles International Airport, was resentenced to 22 years in prison Wednesday after a federal judge found that solitary confinement and repeated interrogations had helped cause him to stop cooperating in  …

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TACA Flight 670: Angry Passengers and Finger-Pointing

(Los Angeles) "It was a horrible experience," said Blanca Lopez, a passenger aboard TACA Flight 670.

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German Foreign Minister Peer Steinbrück on Thursday slammed the United States for allowing its lax attitude toward regulation to spark the crisis riling the world's financial markets.

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VIDEO of the scuffle which resulted in Kanye West's arrest on vandalism charges. Full story at: iVillage

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... the paparazzo was attempting to photograph the rap star, when Kanye allegedly confronted the photographer, grabbing his camera and smashing it to the ground. Airport security intervened... later releasing them both.

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About 2,500 unionized passenger service workers at Los Angeles International Airport called a strike and walked off the job this afternoon after labor negotiations broke down with their employers.

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by Peter Dumon The Los Angeles Times Many successful business owners have the foresight to see great potential in their environment and are responsive to change as their businesses evolve.

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Faith and community leaders joined hotel workers in welcoming today's ruling by the California Supreme Court requiring hotels near LAX to pay their workers a living wage of $10.64 an hour to thousands of hotel workers who work at the 13 hotels on the Century Corridor.

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Amma came to Los Angeles today for 5 days to hug hundreds of Angelenos. She is staying at the boycotted Hilton LAX, which has many people angry.

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A couple choice quotes: This morning in reading the Leagues press release, I was somewhat frustrated by Jim Jennings claim that the League will "look to work improve our overall business model". A model which leaves small market teams behind.

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Thoughts on the 2008 NLL Cancellation

Well, that was fun. It seems the NLL and the PLPA could not reach an agreement over the weekend.

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Security screeners at two of the nation's busiest airports failed to find fake bombs hidden on undercover agents posing as passengers in more than 60% of tests last year, according to a classified report obtained by USA TODAY.

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Developed by computer scientists at the University of Southern California and believed to be the first program of its kind to be used at an airport, ARMOR aims to thwart terror plots during the early, surveillance phase.

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Taylor Wray, regarded by pundits as the best defender to ever dress for the Calgary Roughnecks, was today traded to the Philadelphia Wings.

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