He has lured holiday charter flights away from Glasgow, but insisted that the holiday firms pass on the discount to their customers, so that a Prestwick departure is the cheapest in their brochures.

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There is no getting around it: All 3 million travelers flying to their destinations during the Thanksgiving holiday will have to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints.

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John Breaux, D-Louisiana, a key player who has his own compromise plan, said he had concerns about the payroll tax holiday because there is no way to guarantee employers would pass the 6.2 percent tax cut onto employees.

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Although the development of Windows 8 apps has slowed as a result of the recent holiday season, data collected by MetroStore Scanner indicates that that number of Windows 8 apps is expected to pass the 40, 000 mark tomorrow.

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