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Baltimore Hands Out First Trans Fat Citation

Baltimore Hands Out First Trans Fat Citation
Trans Fats Banned From Facilities In 2009

The Baltimore City Health Department issued its first environmental citation for repeat violations of the city's trans fat ban.

http://www.wbaltv.com/r/25508790/detail.html

Amputee Coalition of America unhappy with TSA

Amputee Coalition of America unhappy with TSA
Written by Surae Chinn 9NEWS NOW & wusa9.com

She says TSA agents not only told her to remove her prosthetic leg and run it through the detector, but also the sanitary lining that covers her limb.

Chenoweth says, "I don't think the general public realizes how personal an amputee residual limb is. It's similar to asking a regular person to go bear breasted through the metal detector, or expose their genitals. It's that private of an area."

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=205010&catid=28

Airline Security "Applesauce Assault": Woman Accused of Hitting TSA Agent Cleared

Airline Security "Applesauce Assault": Woman Accused of Hitting TSA Agent Cleared
Posted by Caroline Black

A year ago, 58-year-old Nadine Hays was going through security at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., with her mother, who was 93 years old. Headed to a wedding, Hays wouldn't surrender her blue cooler filled with snacks for her elderly mother, and ended up in jail, reports CBS station KCBS-TV in Los Angeles.

"I had things like applesauce, cottage cheese... I apparently reached over and grabbed the ice chest with my second hand and that's where the prosecution is saying I supposedly hit the supervisor," Hays told KCBS.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20003047-504083.html

Another Terrorist Stopped by Vigilant TSA Officer: 4-Year-Old Boy in Leg Braces

Another Terrorist Stopped by Vigilant TSA Officer: 4-Year-Old Boy in Leg Braces

4-year-old Ryan Thomas is developmentally disabled as a result of being 16 weeks premature and has to wear corrective braces. His ankles are malformed and his legs have little or no muscle tone. He only just learned how to walk, briefly, on his own, according to thePhiladelphia Inquirer.

But that didn't seem to matter to the Transportation Security Administration screeners at Philadelphia International airport.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-6212730-504083.html

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