Wintry storm smacks Midwest
Dec. 1, 2006 - A major snowstorm canceled hundreds of flights and hobbled highways in the Plains and Midwest, and more sloppy weather was on the way Friday. See Weather.com for details on storm advisories.

TSA's revealing X-ray screening raises privacy concerns
Dec. 1, 2006 - The federal government plans this month to launch the nation's first airport screening system that takes potentially revealing X-ray photos of travelers in an effort to find bombs and other weapons.

Homeland Security assigns terror scores to travelers
Dec. 1, 2006 - Without notifying the public, federal agents have assigned millions of international travelers, including Americans, computer-generated scores rating the risk they pose of being terrorists or criminals.

DHS To Require Passport In January For Every Air Arrival
Nov. 29, 2006 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today said that beginning Jan. 23 all air passengers traveling to and from the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda must present a valid passport.

TSA Clears Registered Traveler Provider For Takeoff
Nov. 27, 2006 - The Transportation Security Administration has accredited Verified Identity Pass to launch nationally its Clear program, which promises to speed travelers through airport security checkpoints.

Demand Drives Room-Type Availability Rate
Dec. 1, 2006 - Travel buyers still actively are pursuing last-room availability in negotiations with hoteliers, even though they are prepared to face higher premiums or limited availability in high-demand markets.

Airport Check-in: Parking in National Airport? Don't count on it
Dec. 1, 2006 - With its parking lots and garages often full on weekdays, Reagan Washington National is offering travelers valet service. At a lot near the airport entrance, travelers may leave their cars with attendants, who will do the parking. Shuttles take customers to the terminals. Fees: $40 for the first day; $30 for the next two days and $25 for each following day.

Delta, US Airways meet over takeover bid
Dec. 1, 2006 - Delta Air Lines Inc. emerged late Nov. 30 from a meeting with its creditors and US Airways Group Inc., reiterating its plans to remain a stand-alone company.

BA radiation alert
Nov. 29, 2006 - British Airways is contacting at least 30,000 people after two planes showed "very low traces" of radiation, The Times reports. But the Health Protective Agency would not confirm whether it was the same polonium 210 isotope used to murder former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. The planes have flown to several destinations between the time Mr Litvinenko fell ill and the poison was discovered, including Heathrow, Europe, Turkey and Russia.

Radioactive traces found at 12 sites in spy probe; Autopsy Friday
Dec. 1, 2006 - An autopsy Friday could shed light on the mysterious death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, whose last movements have left behind a radiation trail that officials say now includes 12 contaminated sites.