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Some Northwest lodges and resorts are making winter adventures more accessible for families by throwing in a little help: Stocked cabins and burly snowcats.As of 2 p.m. (0600 GMT), 126 flights had been delayed by an hour or longer and 207 were cancelled at Beijing, the world's second-busiest airport, Xinhua news agency said.The Beijing sky was so dark that many drivers kept their headlights on throughout the day, giving the city an eery, netherworld feeling."Such super foggy weather looks like the end of the world," commented one microblogger using the name David Jiaoxiaomao.China's national weather forecaster said the fog was likely to persist across parts of China to Wednesday, causing more transport disruptions. By then, a cold front would begin dispersing the fog, said the forecaster, according to Xinhua.In Beijing, the fog has been made worse by pollution. Readings by the U.S. [Read the full article] Ruth Sherman, an 88-year-old frequent flier with JetBlue, has flown from New York to Florida many times, but never has she been taken aside and asked to pull her pants down and show her colostomy bag, as she asserts occurred at Kennedy Airport recently.It makes Sherman the second elderly woman in recent days to claim that TSA agents forced her to expose herself during a pre-flight security screening. Lenore Zimmerman, a Long Beach, N.Y., resident, says she was required by TSA security screeners to take off her pants as part of a search on Nov. 29. That search likewise took place at the JetBlue terminal at Kennedy.Sherman, who was returning home Nov. 28 after celebrating Thanksgiving with family in New York, said her initial X-ray screening apparently showed a bulge from her colostomy bag on the side of her body. [Read the full article] Some Northwest lodges and resorts are making winter adventures more accessible for families by throwing in a little help: Stocked cabins and burly snowcats.Research In Motion said in a statement Monday that it does not condone behavior that conflicts with the law and employees are expected to act, at all times, with integrity and respectGeorge Campbell, 45, and Paul Alexander Wilson, 38, pleaded guilty to mischief last week and were ordered to pay almost $72,000 to Air Canada in restitution. They received suspended sentences and probation.Another passenger said Campbell and Wilson were fighting with the flight attendants and it took the entire crew to subdue the men, who were eventually handcuffed to seats.After the jet diverted, the other passengers were put up in hotels overnight and the flight resumed the next day.Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. [Read the full article] 
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