Texas airline exec found guilty in child porn case

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Jurors convicted the founder of a Texas cargo airline on child pornography charges Monday, siding with prosecutors who said he had explicit online chats with undercover officers posing as young teenage girls and collected numerous illegal images. Robert L. Hedrick, who founded Pan American Airways, was...

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Texas jury gets airline exec's child porn case

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Jurors began deliberating Monday in the child pornography case against the founder of a Texas cargo airline, deciding whether to believe prosecutors’ claim that he had explicit online chats with undercover agents posing as young teenage girls and collected numerous illegal images. Robert L. Hedrick,...

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Airline ownership change proposed

The government is proposing removing limits on foreign ownership of New Zealand airlines. Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee says that doesn’t include any changes to the ownership of Air New Zealand. The limits are currently set at 25 per cent ownership by any one foreign airline or 35 per cent by foreign airlines in...

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Despite more passengers, airline baggage-fee revenue dips

U.S. airlines collected $3.36 billion in baggage fees last year, down 1 percent from 2010 despite a slight increase in the number of passengers, according to figures released last week by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Airline executives and industry analysts have been saying baggage-fee revenue, which has been on the rise...

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Many fliers ignoring flight attendant command to put away electronics

(CNN) – You know when the flight attendant tells you to put away your electronic devices? Apparently some people are ignoring that command. That’s according to a new Airfare Watchdog poll published in USA Today. Of the 1,200 people who took the online survey, one in four said they don’t always follow the flight...

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