Time for air travelers to demand a bill of rights
Greg Bean Coda
      My stepfather has some strong opinions, but he's a good Republican and hardly the type you'd accuse of being a rabble-rouser. Last time I saw him, though, he was ready to lead a national revolution, and his target was the United States airline industry, which he considers the most arrogant, most poorly managed, most consumer-hating business on the planet.
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Party's over at arts center
      The state issued an abrupt last call for alcohol in the parking lot of the PNC Bank Arts Center last week, ending a decades-long tradition of preconcert tailgating. It seems the winds of change were blowing in that direction since the first concert of the season, when about a dozen underagers were hospitalized due to alcohol-related illnesses.
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