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Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottboro, Alabama, sells lost stuff Buys bags en masse from travel companies if they can't be returned Discounts 20 to 80 per cent from items spanning dresses to iPads It's a paradise for bargain-hunters - filled to the rafters with electronics, clothes, musical instruments and jewelry, sold with as much as 80 per cent of the value lopped off. Inside, crowds of shoppers pore over the gear - some of it practically brand new - in the hope of giving the best finds a new home. In an earlier life, all the items were checked...

HOUSTON (AP) - Airline workers are trying to match 68 pieces of stolen luggage with lost claims while police search for clues into the theft of the bags that were found in a trash container outside a pet store near George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The bags found Tuesday were from passengers of as many as nine airlines and all appeared to have been rummaged through, said Sgt. Nate McDuell, a Houston police spokesman. Authorities have not identified any suspects or a motive. They are interviewing employees of Pet City, who reported the luggage Tuesday, and people who may have handled...

It's probably happened to all of us at some point. Getting off the plane, heading to baggage claim, waiting and waiting and waiting for your luggage to come around. Eventually you realize your luggage just isn't coming. On Friday, the government released the latest lost luggage statistics. The report found that in 2005, every single day there were 10,000 reports of lost baggage. The worst offender is Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which operates Delta Connection. They lost 17.4 bags for every 1000. Among the major carriers, US Airways, which also operates America West, didn't do well either. It lost 9.62 bags...