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Old 10-19-2004, 12:29 AM   #1
bluesdave
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Thousands of $$s left at airports

Just saw this story on MSNBC.

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Patience isn’t the only thing travelers are leaving at airport security screening checkpoints; they’re also leaving behind hundreds of thousands of dollars. And they’re doing it a nickel and dime at a time. That money is collected, accounted for and sent to U.S. Treasury’s General Fund.
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In fact passengers left behind a total of $321,329.48, down to the penny, during a one-year period going back to October of last year, according to Amy von Walter, a TSA spokeswoman. Airports have collected $244,024.50 since January 1st of this year alone, von Walter said.
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