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Old Jun 27, 2002 | 1:31 pm
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Airlines push e-ticketing to cut costs
Plus: Open beverages banned; Amtrak still alive

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...-C1995C7C4449}

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Better leave that travel mug at home if you're heading to the airport. The newly formed Transportation Security Agency has sent a new security directive to the nation's airports, advising screeners not to accept passengers who are carrying open-container beverages. All carried items must now be X-rayed, and a TSA spokesperson says they decided to ban open drinks, like coffee cups and soda cans, because they were spilling on machinery and workers during screening. This does not mean that all beverages are outlawed. If you can turn it upside down, without spillage, you can still bring it on the plane.</font>
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