Bearable airport delays but massive security face travelers in new era

The man in the green golf shirt stepped off his flight looking as worn out as a marathon runner. He walked up to a woman wearing an airport badge and asked her where to buy a cup of coffee.

She answered with a smile and a warning.

''Starbucks is to your right,'' said Melanie Miller, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Department of Transportation, which runs Baltimore-Washington International Airport. ``But if you're going through security, you can't bring coffee with you.''

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