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Brouhaha Breaks Out At Spirit Airlines' Ticket Counter. Here's The Back Story

Flight cancellations in Florida sparked skirmishes between irate customers, Spirit staff and police on Monday. The fight caught fire on social media — but there's other drama behind this.

Drivers distracted by their devices are a well-documented, rising cause of traffic crashes, but there are a growing number of pedestrians, too, who can become oblivious to traffic around them.

Distraction, On Street And Sidewalk, Helps Cause Record Pedestrian Deaths

The number of pedestrians killed in traffic jumped 11 percent in 2016, the highest year-over-year increase — in terms of percentage and total number of fatalities — since data has been collected.

How The Case Of The 'Snuggie' Impacts Tariffs And Trade

Last month the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled on a question with millions of dollars at stake: Is the Snuggie a blanket with sleeves or a sleeved garment that looks like a blanket?

A Maryland state flag waves near the Statehouse in Annapolis. Maryland has decided to drop a state song that originated during the Civil War and alludes to Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant and a despot.

Maryland Repeals State Song That Called Lincoln A 'Tyrant'

Maryland, though a slave-holding state, did not secede from the Union and attempted to maintain neutrality during the Civil War. The song was a full-throated defense of the Confederacy.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: I Vant to Get You Vaccinated; Feline Team 6; and What Every Yacht Needs.

The Big Iron Farm Show draws thousands of farmers and farm equipment-makers to a fairground in West Fargo, N.D. For many this year, concerns about crop yields have been eclipsed by worries about President Trump's trade policies.

Farmers Hope For China Trade Deal, But For Now They Worry About Tariffs' Impact

At the Big Iron Farm Show in North Dakota, the usual concerns about crops have been heightened by another big worry: a trade war with China that's already driven soybean prices down sharply.

Researchers zeroed in on the ages of kids when they enrolled in kindergarten to investigate discrepancies in ADHD diagnoses.

Youngest Children In A Class Are Most Likely To Get ADHD Diagnosis

Harvard University researchers probed the way ADHD is assessed by taking advantage of a quirk found in many U.S. school systems that means some kids are a year younger their classmates.

Central American migrants line up to apply for jobs at a job fair in Tijuana, Mexico. More than two thousand migrants have applied for a one-year humanitarian visa that would allow them to hold jobs legally in Mexico.

Stuck In Tijuana, Many Central American Migrants Opt For A Job

The Mexican government, faced with thousands of destitute migrants on their side of the U.S.-Mexico border, is inviting them to apply for jobs in Tijuana.

Stock Market Gyrations Making You Dizzy? Get Used To It, Analysts Say

With the Dow swinging up and down hundreds of points in a day, investors are feeling queasy. One economist says uncertainty in the stock markets may mean turbulence will continue in the new year.

National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday. After their meeting, Bolton told reporters the U.S. still intends to withdraw from the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

Bolton Affirms U.S. Intent To Pull Out Of Arms Treaty With Russia

The national security adviser said the U.S. will leave the INF Treaty "in due course" — and that President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin would like to speak directly again next month.

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