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TAMPA, Fla. — Authorities have arrested a passenger they say had a knife in his carry-on bag at Tampa International Airport in Florida.The Looff Carousel at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, where painted ponies have been spinning for a century, is a triumph of tradition in a field dominated by the pursuit of new thrills.Philippe Francois Martinez of Clearwater, Fla., was charged Sunday with carrying a concealed weapon. Airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan says Transportation Security Administration workers had initially detained the wrong passenger and bag.Authorities then reviewed a video showing that the previous passenger to pass through the security checkpoint was the one who had the knife. That passenger, 43-year-old Martinez, had already boarded his American Airlines flight to Miami en route to San Juan, but was detained before the flight took off. It's unclear whether he has an attorney.Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. [Read the full article] The Looff Carousel at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, where painted ponies have been spinning for a century, is a triumph of tradition in a field dominated by the pursuit of new thrills.Forty-one-year-old Andrea Abbott of Clarksville, Tenn., was arrested last month after airport police said she was belligerent, refusing a body scan and then a pat-down for herself and her 14-year-old daughter.She eventually allowed her daughter to be screened but then walked away, refusing to be patted down herself, according to a police report.Defense attorney Brent Horst said in an interview Monday that he feels Abbott did nothing illegal.He said she simply exercised her first amendment rights in telling airport officials why she disagreed with them.A hearing on the charges is scheduled for Monday afternoon in Nashville in Davidson County General Sessions Court.Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. [Read the full article] An Allegiant flight bound for Tennessee was delayed twice Saturday – first due to a smoky smell in the cabin, then because of a child who just couldn't sit still.Flight 696 bound for Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport departed Orlando Sanford International Airport on Saturday morning but returned to the airport soon after due to a report of smoke in the cabin, said Kristine Shattuck-Cooper, Allegiant's public relations manager.Firefighters greeted the plane upon its landing, but there was no visible source of smoke. “The firefighters did clear the flight for a safe departure, but we opted not to utilize that aircraft,” Shattuck-Cooper said.The 143 passengers and five crew members instead boarded a new plane, which was scheduled to depart at 2:10 p.m. But this time, the flight was delayed by a toddler running around in the cabin as the plane prepared for take off. [Read the full article] 
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