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Inspect your luggage quickly after a plane trip
Somewhere between a curb at Boston's Logan Airport and luggage claim at Tampa International, somebody snuck a bottle of pure maple syrup and some change from Millard Keller's black bag recently.
Keller went home, then to bed. He didn't open the bag until morning. So the 57-year-old retiree lost the chance to get reimbursed by the airline, JetBlue Airways.
How to avoid luggage theft
Time limits to report luggage theft (from arrival)
JetBlue: 4 hours
Southwest: 4 hours
Continental: 4 hours (see note)
American: 24 hours
United: 24 hours
US Airways: 24 hours
Delta: 10 days
(Note: From discovery of theft)
Sources: Airline Web sites
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Tips to avoid baggage theft
A historical perspective on Obama's war with Fox
When Abraham Lincoln was confronted with unflattering press editorials during the Civil War that described him as "a blockhead," "a moron" and a "widow maker," he shrugged it off with a joke.
"Having an hour to spare on Sunday I read this batch of editorials and when I was through reading I asked myself, 'Abraham Lincoln, are you a man or a dog?' " he was quoted as saying.
Mosque worshipers knew Fort Hood suspect Hasan was troubled
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Those who knew Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan knew he was troubled.
Adnan Haider prayed with Hasan -- an Army psychiatrist now accused of a mass shooting at a Texas Army base -- at a suburban Washington mosque. After they met last year, Hasan immediately said he was looking for a Muslim woman to date.
Restaurant settles lawsuit with McDonald's
A Minnesota restaurant has settled its trademark-infringement lawsuit against McDonald's over the corporate giant's use of the slogan "Who's Your Patty?"
"It's our trademark," said Bonnie Notermann, co-owner of Lion's Tap in Eden Prairie, Minn., and "we will be using it."
Study on sex toys at Duke University
At Duke University, a school that likes to tout its cutting-edge research, a sex toy study being conducted by a behavioral economist and student health workers has roused criticism.
For much of October, researchers recruited female Duke students to take part in a "sexually explicit" study on Tupperware-style parties in which sex toys, not kitchenware, are the draw.
Town loses its post office and zip code
FOLSOMVILLE, Ind. - The closet-sized post office at this tiny community is no more, Gone, too, is ZIP code 47614.
"People were crying ... when they first heard the news," said Karen Conner, 67, who ran the office for the last nine years. "Our ZIP code is gone forever. It makes people sentimental."
Hot toys for the holidays
Tickle Me Elmo is back this year but will be up against what retailers say are some tough contenders -- furry, electronic hamsters -- in this year's battle of the hot holiday gifts.
Trial of polygamist sect leader close to going to jury
ELDORADO, Texas - Raymond Merril Jessop, a 30-something polygamist sect member, and an underage girl were sealed for "time and eternity" Aug. 12, 2004, in a ceremony performed by "President" Warren Jeffs in his home at the Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado, a Texas Ranger testified Thursday.
Beggars swarming Delhi, despite Indian clean-up move
NEW DELHI - Too old. Too germy. Too religious.
It's a warm autumn morning in Old Delhi, and the city's crack anti-begging squad is on patrol tasked with arresting beggars and getting them off the streets. It is part of a crucial clean-up effort before the Commonwealth Games next year.
