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BOSTON — A Massachusetts court official has declined to charge a New York man accused of slapping a male flight attendant on a JetBlue flight from Florida.This weekend's blockbuster "The Hangover Part II," a movie in which a perfectly innocent bachelor party takes several dark turns, is a cautionary tale for travelers.State police say 48-year-old Bryan Garnett of Utica was arrested at Boston's Logan International Airport when the flight from West Palm Beach landed Tuesday.Garnett says he instinctively pushed the flight attendant's hand away when the steward tried to adjust his seat while he slept.A district court clerk later determined that the encounter occurred while the aircraft was on the ground in Florida. The clerk says Massachusetts has no jurisdiction to charge Garnett with interfering with a flight crew and assault and battery.Suffolk County prosecutors say JetBlue will have to pursue charges in Florida. [Read the full article] SACRAMENTO — A Southwest Airlines flight on route from Sacramento to Portland returned to the airport on Tuesday after the flight crew heard a loud noise from one of the plane's engines, an airline spokeswoman said.This weekend's blockbuster "The Hangover Part II," a movie in which a perfectly innocent bachelor party takes several dark turns, is a cautionary tale for travelers.A Sacramento maintenance crew was examining the Boeing 737 but had not determined the cause of the noise or whether the engine had stopped functioning during the flight, Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Ashley Dillon said."The flight landed safely and all passengers were accommodated on a flight leaving about an hour and a half later," Dillon said.Gina Swankie, a spokeswoman for the airport, said the plane returned after "a report that one of the engines was out."The plane was at an elevation of about 4,000 feet when the pilot heard the loud noise, Dillon said. [Read the full article] The driver of a bus that overturned early Tuesday in Virginia, killing four people and injuring 54, was charged with reckless driving.Sky Express driver Kin Yiu Cheng, 37, is being held at an area jail on $3,000 bond. He suffered minor injuries in the crash on northbound Interstate 95 about 30 miles north of Richmond.Investigators said driver fatigue contributed to the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.Sky Express has been involved in several accidents over the last two years. It also has been cited for 46 violations for drivers being fatigued, which police believe contributed to this crash.The Sky Express bus departed Greensboro, N.C., on Monday night and was headed to Chinatown in New York City with 58 people aboard, including the driver, said state police Sgt. Thomas Molnar.The bus had swerved off Interstate 95, hit an embankment and flipped over about 30 miles north of Richmond. [Read the full article] 
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