“Transportation” on The Daily Caller

CHICAGO (AP) — The lines moved smoothly at airports around the country Wednesday afternoon despite an Internet campaign to get Thanksgiving travelers to gum up the works on one of the busiest days of the year by refusing full-body scans. (more)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Air Force has identified the pilot missing after the Alaska crash of an F-22 Raptor jet as Capt. Jeffrey Haney. (more)

CHICAGO (AP) — An airport traveler who famously resisted a full-body scan and groin check with the words “If you touch my junk, I’ll have you arrested” has become an Internet sensation, tapping into rising frustration over increasingly invasive searches. (more)

CHICAGO (AP) — Airport security stops one airline pilot because he’s carrying a butter knife. Elsewhere, crews opt for pat-down searches because they fear low-level radiation from body scanners could be harmful. And in San Diego, one traveler is told he can’t fly at all when he likens an intrusive body search to sexual harassment. (more)

When Charlie Bucket scooped a golden ticket in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, it famously opened up a world of fantastic treats. (more)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The nearly 4,500 passengers and crew of the Carnival Splendor have no air conditioning or hot water. Running low on food, they have to eat canned crab meat and Spam dropped in by helicopters. And for at least another 24 hours, they have no way out. (more)

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An angry Jeff Gordon hit Jeff Burton with a hard two-handed push after Burton sent Gordon’s car crashing into the outside wall during a caution period Sunday. (more)

SINGAPORE (AP) — First came two quick bangs. Then, on the left side of the Qantas superjumbo jet, passengers saw flames, a stream of smoke and debris from a stricken engine. A gouge scarred the top of the Airbus 380′s left wing, scorch marks were on the outside of the blown-out engine and part of its cover depicting the airline’s familiar red kangaroo logo had fallen off during the flight over Indonesia. (more)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A day after Gov. Chris Christie killed the nation’s largest public works project, an underwater rail tunnel linking New York City to its populous New Jersey suburbs, he said Thursday that it’s time to focus on badly needed improvements to the state’s roads and bridges. (more)

LONDON (AP) — The chairman of British Airways claims the United States is making excessive demands about screening airline passengers, including insisting on measures it doesn’t require on U.S. domestic flights. (more)

Daytime diva Oprah Winfrey gave Jon Stewart transportation to bring his studio audience from New York to his upcoming Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the Mall in Washington later this month. (more)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria Parker has been involved in a minor traffic accident in Hollywood. (more)

PARIS (AP) — Workers opposed to a higher retirement age blocked roads to airports around France on Wednesday, leaving passengers in Paris dragging suitcases on foot along an emergency breakdown lane. (more)

U.S. factory orders dropped more than expected in August, marking the third decline in the last four months. (more)

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao threatened action against Japan if it does not immediately release a detained ship captain, in his first comments in a growing fight over disputed islands. (more)

CINCINNATI (AP) — City Council members in Cincinnati on Thursday approved an ordinance banning the sending, reading or writing of text messages while driving. (more)

Shortages of trucks and drivers are delaying some deliveries of products and raw materials across the USA and raising freight costs. (more)

PHOENIX (AP) — A surprise downpour sparked collisions involving 69 vehicles on an interstate near Phoenix’s downtown area Saturday evening, closing the westbound roadway for hours and sending seven people to hospitals. (more)

BEIJING (AP) — China has just been declared the world’s second biggest economy, and now it has a monster traffic jam to match. (more)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mel Gibson was uninjured after crashing his sports car into a Malibu hillside, the California Highway Patrol said. (more)