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In a climate of Internet campaigns to shun airport pat-downs and veteran pilots suing over their treatment by government screeners, some airports are considering another way to show dissatisfaction: Ditching TSA agents altogether.

Paris Hilton has been denied entrance into Japan and is returning home to the U.S.

UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said.

A homeless man caused about $12,000 in damage when he stole and crashed a single-engine airplane at a Maryland airport - but he'll pay just $40 in restitution....

Airline passengers across India went through extra security screenings Friday and sky marshals were placed on flights as the government put its airports on high alert amid reports that al-Qaida-linked militants planned to hijack a plane.

Officials say a Somali national tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month with powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that together could have caused an explosion. The hallmarks bear chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner.

An American Airlines aircraft ran off the end of a runway at the airport in Kingston, Jamaica. The airline said there were no fatalities.

Former boxing champ Mike Tyson was detained by police at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday afternoon while they investigated a possible battery, authorities said.

Their frolic during a Northwest Airlines flight from San Diego to Minneapolis endangered the passengers and crew, the agency says.

The Federal Aviation Administration revoked the licenses Tuesday of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot a Minneapolis airport by 150 miles, saying that they "were on a frolic" that endangered the lives of others.

Rapper must complete community service for incident with photographer on Sept. 11 last year.