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Flight attendants take knife fight to public

At airports across the country, flight attendants are handing out leaflets and trying to get the public to support their efforts to keep small knives off of airplanes.

Tags: TSA, flight attendants, Sept. 11 terror attacks, knives

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What you can and can't take on flights

Thanksgiving travel is under way. Getting through airport security is never fun, so WTOP has put together some tips to make it easier.

Tags: Thanksgiving, TSA, Neal Augenstein, kristi king

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Travelers leave $350k behind

Spare change in airport security bins adds up.

Tags: Jeff Miller, USO,

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Body scanners can see perspiration as a potential weapon

Two of Europe's largest countries, France and Germany, have decided to forgo the millimeter-wave scanners used by the Transportation Security Administration because of false alarms triggered by folds in clothing, buttons and even sweat.

Tags: TSA, body scanner,

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