Tsa

• Among the knives, real and toy pistols, and other dangerous weapons seized at BWI Marshall Airport, this one stood out: A curving 7-inch arc of jagged teeth with a brass knuckle-style grip.
(Baltimore Sun)
• (CNN) - Officers for the Transportation Security Administration could soon be replaced by machines. The agency started testing the boarding pass check-in machines in Washington, D.C. last week, and the program expands to Houston Tuesday.
(WISH-TV)
• LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Transportation Security Administration is testing a new system that could speed up your trip through airport security. Passengers are required to scan the barcode of their boarding pass while a TSA officer scans their ID.
(Abc Local Web)
• Airport check-ins for passengers are heading for higher technological ground. The Transportation Security Administration is testing a system that checks identification and boarding passes by machine rather than the standard visual check by officers.
(ABC News)
• The TSA was put in a tough spot this week when a woman stripped completely naked inside Concourse B at the Denver International Airport after she was asked to extinguish her cigarette from a non-smoking area. The incident happened at about 8:45 a.m.
(Newsoxy.com)
• In concert with the TSA's mission of providing a "risk-based, intelligence-driven approach to safety", if a passenger is 75 years or older, 12 years old or younger or a member of the U.S. military, going through security will now be easier.
(Anchorage Daily News)
• According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), airline passengers have left behind roughly $400,000 in unclaimed money at airport security checkpoints in each of the past two fiscal years.
(HSToday)
• But hopefully, this is just a start. To be effective, its got to go way beyond that, says Roger Dow, CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, a trade group that has lobbied the TSA to move beyond one-size-fits-all security screening.
(nola.com)
• A Transportation Security Administration baggage inspector at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport has been indicted in the theft of Apple iPads from luggage over eight months. Clayton Keith Dovel, 36, of Bedford was arrested Feb.
(Alva Review-Courier)
• Q: How does it work? A: Travelers will go to a designated checkpoint where a TSA agent will scan boarding passes for a bar code indicating who has been cleared for expedited screening.
(Rock Hill Herald)