Morning Links: Whole-Body Imaging, Advice from an RVer and More
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 05.19.09 | 9:11 AM ET
- A woman was asked to leave Toronto’s Pearson International last week after staff realized she’d been sleeping in Terminal One since Easter. Police believe that when she left, she had “somewhere to go.”
- David Grann’s “The Lost City of Z” has been longlisted for this year’s Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. We interviewed Grann awhile back about the book. (Via the Book Bench)
- Privacy groups are girding for a fight against the TSA’s new “whole-body” airport scanners, with a national campaign against the “virtual strip search” launching this week.
- Need life advice? The Onion’s latest column, Ask A Wife Helping Her Husband Back A Camper Into A Park Site, is here to help.
- World Hum contributor Karl Taro Greenfeld talks to NPR about his new book, a memoir of growing up with an autistic brother. There’s an excerpt to go with the thoughtful interview.
- Ever wondered which North American cities have the winningest sports teams? You’re in luck: here’s a map of the rankings.
- Four months later, passengers from the flight that crash-landed in the Hudson River are slowly being reunited with their belongings.
- Warnings against travel to Mexico are being rescinded, and cruise lines are making plans to return; meanwhile, an AP writer looks back at a week spent quarantined during China’s swine flu crackdown.
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Ling 05.19.09 | 9:42 AM ET
Ok. I saw those full body scan images, and if those privacy organizations think that someone would in some way enjoy or benefit from that scan, that’s a wrong assumption. Doesn’t seem to be anything untoward about it, and it’s certainly not enjoyable to look at, unless you’re a fruitcake.
Chris 05.19.09 | 11:35 AM ET
Cincinnati is dead last amongst pro sports cities. That shouldn’t come as a shock to anybody.
Jessi 05.20.09 | 2:07 PM ET
The images still look like skeletons…I mean to Xray technicians get their jollies on those scans? I think it’s the same scenario.
This video provides coverage on the different opinions, but mine is “get over it.”
http://www.newsy.com/videos/airport_dilemma_security_vs_privacy