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Surviving the Talkative Airplane Seatmate

All I wanted to do was to fall asleep in my tiny seat on the last leg of a grueling day of air travel, when I was cornered by the Talkative Airplane Seatmate -- a species oblivious to yawns and one-word answers.

Family lines help speed up airport security checkpoints

Airport security lines have always been difficult for Leslie Heller and her family.

NTSB: Near-collision videos show runway dangers

The National Transportation Safety Board has released dramatic animation of two runway near-collisions this year to illustrate what the agency says is the need for improvements in runway safety.

Airport screeners failed to find most fake bombs, TSA says

Screeners failed to find most of the fake bombs smuggled by plainclothes investigators through checkpoints at two major airports from late 2005 until last fall, the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday.

The eyes have it

London Heathrow calls itself the world's busiest airport and anyone who's arrived at one of its four terminals is familiar with the tedium of security checks and immigration queues. But there's one smart short-cut: by registering your biometrics data ahead of arrival. That channels you into a separate queue, which is generally much shorter than the regular queue.

Time.com: Computer Glitch Halts United Flights

A computer malfunction at United Airlines halted all departures systemwide for two hours Wednesday, causing delays that lingered throughout much of the day, the carrier said

Fortune: The ultimate layover handbook

1. Boston, Logan International Airport Create your own seafood fest at home after a stop at Anthony's Pier 4 Fish Co. in Terminal B. It will pack up live lobsters to carry onboard. massport.com

Lawmakers propose restructuring TSA

Four years after it was created, the Transportation Security Administration should be reorganized to become more business-like, with incentives to managers who reach security goals, a greater focus on customer service, and more use of technology, according to several Republican House members.

Northern California: 72 holes in 72 hours

Augusta. St. Andrews. Pebble Beach. For most golfers, those three courses represent the sacred trinity of 18-hole layouts. Play one and consider yourself among the truly fortunate. Play all three? Welcome to duffer nirvana.

Business 2.0: A New Generation Of VCs Lets Loose

Miles from the rarefied enclave of Sand Hill Road, Jason Green is launching a new VC firm—and rethinking the venture capital business. Along with his two co-founders, Green runs Emergence Capital P...

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