airport travelers

Denver's airport already is home to a 30-foot tall sculpture of a blue mustang with glowing red eyes. The airport is adding another piece to its collection to promote the upcoming King Tut exhibit.

So now, travelers will see a 26-foot-tall replica of Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead.

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At self-serve kiosks at San Francisco International Airport, travelers can now pay a fee to offset the carbon dioxide emissions of their trip.

The idea is that the money goes to stop emissions somewhere else or even to a forest that can absorb the carbon.

But will patrons get what they pay for?

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The Loose Cannon Libertarian In the ever-evolving war against airline passengers, the Transportation Security Administration continues to develop new weapons of mass dysfunction. photo / arvindgrover Austin-Bergstrom Airport  Travelers have long been harassed with x-ray machines, metal-detecting wands, and inscrutable verbal vetting like “Did someone put something in your luggage when you weren’t looking?” Then in 2006 the TSA began quietly testing two new anti-personnel weapons.