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3 airlines fined in Minnesota tarmac stranding

A Continental Airlines airplane is refueled at its gate at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, March 29, 2009. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
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AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:16 PM ET

WASHINGTON - The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Transportation Department said Tuesday.

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  • A Continental Airlines airplane is refueled at its gate at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, March 29, 2009. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
    3 airlines fined in Minnesota tarmac stranding AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:16 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Transportation Department said Tuesday.

  • Sales-tax-free NH seeks out-of-state shoppers AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:18 PM ET

    CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire is ramping up efforts to attract out-of-state shoppers for tax-free holiday shopping with a variety of lodging deals that include everything from gift wrapping supplies to a 4 a.m. ride to the mall.

  • A baboon called Fred, back ground, sits inside a car with a baboon called Michael Jackson, left, as he eats at Cape Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Visitors heading to South Africa premier holiday destination during the 2010 World Cup maybe worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate but they are more likely to find themselves robbed or mugged by a rather furry kind of felon: baboons. The baboons were named local officials who are supposed to prevent baboons from entering houses and cars. (Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
    Furry felons rob SAfrican tourists, steal food AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:20 PM ET

    CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.

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  • This November 2009 photo supplied by the U.S. Botanic Garden shows a 2-foot-tall replica of the White House made from plant material by designer Paul Busse for the U.S. Botanic Garden’s “Holiday Magic” show. The White House replica was originally made in 2007 but this year Busse added models of the Obama children’s swing set and the White House vegetable garden.(AP Photo/Courtesy U.S. Botanic Garden)
    Model Obama homes in garden holiday train shows AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:22 AM ET

    NEW YORK - Models of the Obama White House, the Obama home in Chicago and the house Michelle Obama grew up in are on display at holiday train shows at the Chicago Botanic Garden and the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington.

  • FILE- This Aug. 13, 1959 file photo shows Mrs. L.C. 'Daisy' Bates, state president of the NAACP standing in front of metal guards on the living room window of her home in Little Rock. (AP Photo/Ferd Kaufman,File)
    Plan for museum at home where Little Rock Nine met AP - Mon Nov 23, 1:16 PM ET

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, nine black students gathered at Daisy and L.C. Bates's home to prepare for the angry mob they faced as they integrated the all-white school.

  • This photo taken Nov. 19, 2009 shows tour guide Alice Sachs, right, speaking with visitor Steve Caplan of Cheltenham Pa., during a tour of Beth Sholom Synagogue, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in Elkins Park, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
    New tour at Frank Lloyd Wright synagogue in Pa. AP - Mon Nov 23, 1:14 PM ET

    ELKINS PARK, Pa. - Did you hear the one about the rabbi and the architect?

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