Tsa Delays Knives Rule

NBC News has learned that the Transportation Security Administration has decided to delay a controversial new rule that would have allowed small knives  to be carried on passenger aircraft.The TSA calls this a temporary delay, but have not decided a new implementation date.The new rule for small blades — shorter than 2.36 inches in length and less than 1/2 inch in width — had been set to go into e...

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