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Saturday, October 29, 2011

After Facebook Campaign, Jack the Cat Found Alive at JFK Airport

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Here's some news to warm your little cat-loving hearts: Jack the cat is safe and sound.

Jack is the tabby cat whose owner, Karen Pasco, had checked him into the American Airlines baggage area at New York's JFK Airport before she boarded a flight to escape Hurricane Irene back in August. However, in preparation for the storm, parts of the airport were closed down and Jack somehow got loose from his cargo cage. One extended search and an angry Facebook group later, still no trace of Jack could be found.

Until late Tuesday night, that is: an employee found the missing feline in an airport customs room. The cat has been taken to a Queens veterinarian hospital where's he's being treated for dehydration.

American Airlines has issued a public apology to Pasco and Jack, and even offered the cat a free flight to California to be reunited with his owner. However, after his ordeal, we can't imagine Jack wants to go near an airport anytime soon.

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Libyan interim government forces capture Sirte airport

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1 of 10. Smoke rises as anti-Gaddafi fighters fire from a tank during clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces, near the entrance of Sirte, September 28, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/Asmaa Waguih



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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Libyan forces take Sirte airport

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29 September 2011 Last updated at 12:18 GMT Transitional forces fire a rocket near Sirte, 28 September 2011 There has been intense fighting in and around the city of Sirte Forces loyal to Libya's transitional authorities have taken the airport in the city of Sirte, the birthplace of fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi.

A BBC correspondent says jubilant fighters moved through the partially destroyed terminal buildings tearing down symbols of the Gaddafi regime.

Gaddafi loyalists have put up stiff resistance in Sirte.

Two weeks ago transitional forces took the airport, a short distance from the city centre, but were then driven back.

The BBC's Jonathan Head says that this time they hope to hold it, despite facing continued rocket and gunfire from the other side of the runway.

Fighters arriving from the west and east say they will then mount a joint attack on Gaddafi loyalists, hoping to push them back towards the sea and to squeeze them into ever smaller areas of the city centre, our correspondent adds.

The airport is about 5km (3 miles) from central Sirte.

Forces loyal to Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) also recently seized Sirte's port.

Nato planes have been carrying out air strikes in the area against military targets including ammunition storage facilities.

Sirte and the city of Bani Walid are the last major areas under the control of Gaddafi loyalists, and both have seen heavy fighting in recent days.

Col Gaddafi's whereabouts are still unknown, though NTC officials have said they believe he may be hiding in Libya's southern desert.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Source: Ex-NYPD officer detained at the airport in Kansas City

Published September 11, 2011| Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - a former New York City police officer was arrested Sunday in the main of the Kansas City Airport, after detected security officials suspicious elements in his luggage, a local official with knowledge of the situation told Associated Press.

The official, who spoke the PA provided anonymity because he was not allowed to share the details with the media, said that the man had worked for NYPD for a short period, more than ten years ago. The fear of security arrived Sunday morning on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11.

The man was arrested at 09: 30 at the checkpoint of Southwest Airlines at Kansas City International Airport. Transportation security officers who detected suspicious items in his bag requested to consider, and he was detained when he refused, said of the airline and law enforcement officials.

The suspicious elements tested negative for the explosives, according to a statement of the Transportation Security Administration. A bomb squad and sniffer dogs bomb remained on the scene Sunday afternoon, and passengers were being testing.

The spokesman for the FBI Bridget Patton refused to say which was carrying human, but she said that the bomb squad used a force of the water at high pressure to disrupt the package, allowing evidence to be preserved.

The man has the airport security guard, she said.

TSA has published a statement confirming that the area around the control point has been evacuated "out of" an abundance of caution. TSA officials did not respond to calls asking for more details, Sunday. Laura Brown, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, referred questions to the TSA.

"It was chaos," said Jim Johnston, 56, an engineer of Portland, Oregon, went to Nashville, Tennessee, for businesses. "Katherine can't says that anything, except that he's afraid." "They took us to a Hall under construction and we waited it y 10-15 minutes, while trying to find what they were going to do with us."

The man was arrested as the ceremonies were password at the national level after the terrorist attacks of September 11. Four planes hijacked by nineteen men to is killed on the Pentagon, the World Trade Center and a field in Pennsylvania, killing around 3,000 people.

Early indications were that the incident does not appear to be related to terrorism, but the investigation is ongoing and no there was no official decision, according to an official of the application of law, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the current probe.

Parking for the parts of the terminal which have been closed and terminal where Southwest is located has reopened Sunday afternoon, said Patton. Passengers at the busy airport had been rerouted through control of a security, creating long lines and concern among some that they don't miss their flights.

Other that the delays caused by the closure of the point of control for a few hours, no flights were affected, Southwest, spokesman of the said Chris Mainz.



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