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Earmarks aid private airports

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Nov 2, 2009
 
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. taxpayer funds earmarked for "low priority" airports favor politics over practicality, Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn said. "We are putting politicians' interests ahead of safety and efficiency,"... [read full story]                    

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Funding for airports also lifts FedEx, UPS

 lsj.com Nov 3, 2009
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Analysis: Airports get $1.1B for pet projects

 usatoday.com Nov 2, 2009
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Funding for airports also lifts FedEx, UPS

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Nov 3, 2009
 

Runway extensions at Lansing airport benefit cargo carriers Staff and Wire Reports • November 3, 2009 • From Lansing State Journal United Parcel Service Inc. and Fed-Ex Corp. have benefited from runway extensions at several...

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UPS, FedEx reap the benefits of airports' pet projects

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Nov 2, 2009
 

File photo by Kevin W. Fowler, Lansing (Mich.) State Journal Steve Sopo, right, supervises the loading of a plane at the UPS facility at Capital Regional International Airport in Lansing, Mich., in 2007. The funds have paid to...

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Analysis: Airports get $1.1B for pet projects

usatoday.com
Nov 2, 2009
 

Congress has steered $1.1 billion since 2001 to favored projects at airports that cater to private planes, much of it going to low-priority improvements or to benefit corporate jets, a USA TODAY analysis shows. PET PROJECTS:...

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