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Thursday, May 02, 2013  Houston police say shots fired at Houston airport ticket counter; 1 man critically injured

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Budget cuts ground 3rd of Air Force warplanes; those headed to Afghanistan to be mission ready

Monday, April 08, 2013  A new report finds that efforts by the Port of Charleston to improve air quality are paying off.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Airline passenger complaints are surging as airlines continue to cram more seats into the same tube.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Boeing says a flight of a 787 on Friday will wrap up the testing for its fix of the battery problems that have kept the plane grounded.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Officials at Patriots Point are proposing spending up to $5 million to make the 20th Century aircraft carrier USS Yorktown a floating museum that will better attract 21st Century visitors

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  The automatic federal budget cuts have eliminated an airshow scheduled over Charleston Harbor later this year.

Friday, March 08, 2013  New TSA policy allowing small knives and bats on airliners fuels growing protest

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Flyers call policy allowing small knives, baseball bats, golf clubs on planes 'common sense'

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  United Airlines is taking the troubled Boeing 787 out of its flying plans for the rest of this month.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Boeing's troubles with its newest airplane got worse after an emergency landing prompted Japan's two biggest airlines to ground all their 787s for safety checks.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Federal officials say they are temporarily grounding Boeing's 787 Dreamliners until the risk of possible battery fires is addressed.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  The South Carolina Air National Guard is hosting special operations forces from Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia for some night time military exercises.

Friday, August 10, 2012  An environmental group says South Carolina's coal-fired power plants and paper mills are keeping the state among the nation's worst industrial polluters.

Thursday, August 09, 2012  The U.S. Coast Guard says it had to abandon another air search because of green lasers along the South Carolina coast.