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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — New York LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal C was partly evacuated after smoke coming from a bag was reported to authorities, according to media reports on Tuesday. Law enforcement was investigating the report after the bag was spotted by ramp workers as it was being loaded onto a Delta Airlines flight heading for Virginia, said The Port Authority. The bag in question was removed from the terminal and the flight prepared for departure as investigators looked into the incident, said a spokesperson. Authorities were said to be questioning a passenger over the incident.


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By Elizabeth Daley PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Punxsutawney Phil, a famed U.S. groundhog with an even more famous shadow, huddled in his burrow on Sunday as winter lovers and haters waited for him to emerge and signal how much longer frigid weather will last. The rotund rodent is scheduled to exit his subterranean residence at Gobblers Knob in the western Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney at 7:20 a.m. on Groundhog Day, according to groundhog.org. The annual event, made even more …

Lawmakers whose provinces were ravaged by super typhoon Yolanda have received hundreds of boxes of relief goods from the Delta Airlines.

The boxes of goods consisting of blankets, socks and amenity kits were turned over last week in a simple ceremony held at the House of Representatives, led by the House minority bloc.

The turn-over ceremony was attended by Visayan lawmakers and mayors from Eastern Visayas.

YACAP Representative and Senior Deputy Minority Leader Carol Jayne B. Lopez said the donation was part of their group’s commitment to continuously support the government’s rehabilitation and rebuilding of the Yolanda-affected areas in Eastern Visayas.

Among those who received the relief goods include Leyte Reps. Lucy Torres-Gomez; Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Sergio Apostol, eastern Samar Rep.Ben Evardone and An waray Rep. Victoria Noel.

Lopez said they are committed to help the typhoon survivors get back on their feet and rebuild their lives.

Delta Airlines already today has canceled seven of its eight flights out of Chattanooga Airport to Atlanta in the wake of the snow-stricken conditions, according to Lovell Field’s website.

Only a mid-afternoon flight to Atlanta is still scheduled.

Also, Delta canceled its early morning flight between Chattanooga and Detroit today. An early evening flight between the cities remains scheduled, according to the airport.

US Airways flights to Charlotte, N.C., and American Eagle’s schedule to Chicago out of Chattanooga are unchanged as of this morning, the website shows.

Tuesday, Delta also canceled its slate of service between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

See Thursday’s Times Free Press for more.

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 29 (UPI) — Delta airlines released gnarly ’80s themed flight safety video with the hair, leg-warmers, and makeup of the decade. The video is set to an ’80s sounding pop music and both the flight attendants are in ’80s clothing and makeup.

Two passengers perform some dance moves from the decade including “the worm” and iconic characters from the ’80s make cameos in the video.

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If you’re looking to travel back in time, you may want to fly with Delta Airlines. The carrier’s latest in-flight safety video is a tribute to all that is 1980’s. 

Set to a soundtrack that could have come from a montage in any 80’s coming of age movie, the video features break dancing, big hair, scrunchies and classic 80’s staples like Atari, the original Teddy Ruxpin and Alf.

With celebrity cameos like Gerald Casale from the band Devo as an “energy dome”-wearing passenger and former basketball player Kareem Abdul Jabbar as the co-pilot, the video manages to cram in the best of a decade in a little over five minutes.

Adding a humorous angle to in-flight safety videos is nothing new. Delta’s holiday video went viral last year. And, more recently, Virgin America released a hip-hop rendition of a pre-flight safety video. This latest addition now takes its place in the growing compendium of tricked-out airline safety videos.

So sit back, relax and enjoy your flight as you help Alf with his oxygen mask, get stared down by lookalikes from glam-rock band Steel Panther and watch a Richard Simmons wannabe do the worm while a dead ringer for Steve Urkel steals his seat.

It’s like playing a game of spot the ’80s references. How many can you catch?

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Twin Falls, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KTWT-TV ) Delta Airlines has announced expansion plans out of Salt Lake that will have an impact on the Magic Valley.

The airline will be increasing its presence to include more flights and additional destinations.

Delta is also updating its planes to all operate on a two-class system by 2017.

According to Magic Valley Regional Airport Manager Bill Carberry, the changes are going to be felt locally.

“For years we’ve seen really a contraction in the airline business but the next zero to five years Delta is planning to bolster their capacity in Salt Lake. So we will see some larger jets servicing into Salt Lake as well as some new cities so it’s great for the Magic Valley,” he explains.

Carberry says new technologies are adding amenities like WIFI on the planes and early check-ins.
The changes will take place gradually over the next five years.

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The 1980s were a simpler, more neon-splashed time, especially when it came to flying. Delta Airlines’ new safety video does the time warp back to the decade of Valley Girls, mall hair and Madonna wannabes.

Anyone who remembers that effervescent era of leg warmers and acid-washed jeans will be as at home here as they would be watching a John Hughes film festival.

You’ll spot the real Jerry Casale of Devo stowing his famed red “energy dome” headgear under the seat in front of him. Talking electronic bear Teddy Ruxpin gets his own seat, and cat-eating alien Alf needs an assist with his oxygen mask. A breakdancer bails on his exit-row duties by doing the worm back down the aisle, and yes, turning off all portable electronic devices includes your handheld Coleco Electronic Quarterback game. A bright pink can of Tab, acid-washed denim jackets, leg warmers, mall hair, mullets and a Rubik’s Cube all make appearances, too. We can only dream that we could bring our Atari 2600 on the plane to play a little Frogger while cruising at 33,000 feet.

The video wraps up with a familiar face in the co-pilot seat. That’s NBA legend Kareen Abdul-Jabbar helping fly the plane — movie fans will know he played co-pilot Roger Murdock in the classic 1980 comedy film “Airplane!”

We pity the fool who don’t enjoy getting their safety information delivered with a gnarly shot of nostalgia.