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Say, are you getting frustrated by long lines at the airport? Janet Napolitano wants you to know that the sequester is to blame for your woes. ..... "Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Monday cautioned airline passengers to get to the airport extra early because U.S. spending cuts have already led to long lines at some security checkpoints, and said the coming furloughs will only make the situation worse. Napolitano said mandatory spending cuts ordered on Friday by President Barack Obama have led to the elimination of overtime for Transportation Security Administration officers and customs agents. She said TSA...

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(Blacksburg) May 23, 2006 - Lt. Governor Andre Bauer has crashed his plane near the North Carolina border, according to Sen. Jake Knotts. Bauer is reportedly conscious and has been taken to the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Sen. Knotts says there was another passenger. Sen. Knotts was told the plane caught fire on take-off. Lt. Gov. Bauer has been a pilot for some time.

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. Jan 2, 2006 — A coal mine explosion that may have been sparked by lightning trapped 13 miners underground Monday, officials said. The mine had been idle over the holiday and the explosion occurred as the first shift of miners entered to resume production, said Lara Ramsburg, spokeswoman for Gov. Joe Manchin. "As they were heading in, the car in the back either heard or felt some type of explosion. They headed back out. The first car never made it back out," she said. Four co-workers attempted to reach the missing miners, but they "came to a wall"...

The probe is the latest in a series of controversial investigations into leaks of classified information during the Bush administration, including the disclosure of a CIA agent's identity that has resulted in criminal charges against former vice presidential adviser I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. The Justice Department has also opened a probe into whether classified information was illegally disclosed to The Washington Post, which reported on a network of secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe and elsewhere.