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Suspicious items reported on 3 planes

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."

Pilot refuses full-body scan, pat down

A pilot who refused to submit to a full-body scan or the alternative pat down going through airport security said the procedures violate his rights.

Jet Grounded in Philadelphia Over Security Threat

A US Airways flight to Bermuda has been grounded before takeoff from Philadelphia International Airport over a security problem. Passengers were removed from US Airways Flight 1070 on Thursday morning and the plane was towed to a remote location to be searched.

U.S. to further raise airline security, official says

The Department of Homeland Security is further increasing aviation security in response to intelligence indicating Islamist terrorists were planning another attack, a senior U.S. official tells NBC News.

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Suspicious items reported on 3 planes

Pilot refuses full-body scan, pat down

Jet Grounded in Philadelphia Over Security Threat

U.S. to further raise airline security, official says