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Every spring, private security officers at San Francisco International Airport compete in a workplace "March Madness"-style tournament for cash prizes, some as high as $1,500. The games: finding illegal items and explosives in carry-on bags; successfully picking locks on difficult-to-open luggage; and spotting a would-be terrorist (in this case Covenant Aviation Security's president, Gerald L. Berry) on security videos.

The ripple effects from over 4,000 canceled flights at the New York area’s three major airports threatened to leave travelers stranded through the New Year.

The nation's controversial airport pat-downs and full-body scanners are here to stay, at least for now.

After preliminary election results raised questions about cheating, protesters torched the headquarters of the government-backed presidential candidate.

Federal officials say the pilot of a small airplane is dead after a crash in central Illinois. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro says the single engine home-built aircraft took off from the Decatur Airport on Thursday afternoon and crashed 1.5 miles east of the airport.

The Transportation Security Administration will let uniformed airline pilots skip the body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints.

In response to a video of a California man's dispute with airport security officials, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday it tries to be sensitive to individuals, but everyone getting on a flight must be screened.

Pilots' unions for US Airways and American Airlines are urging their members to avoid full-body scanning at airport security checkpoints, citing health risks and concerns about intrusiveness and security officer behavior.

An Australia-bound Qantas A380 that suffered an engine shutdown safely returns to Singapore airport.

Authorities are responding to reports of suspicious items on three planes that landed today in Newark, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennyslvania. Suspicious packages found in at least two locations abroad that were bound for Jewish organizations in the United States "apparently contain explosive material," President Barack Obama said Friday, calling the discovery "a credible threat against our country."