Jul 1, 2019

Travelers get creative to avoid luggage fees

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Investors like this China-U.S. trade truce. California gun owners have been stocking up on ammo. Want to avoid paying luggage fees at the airport? Yeah, so do a lot of enterprising travelers.

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California restricts ammunition sales

by Jack Stewart

Jul 1, 2019

People who want to buy bullets will have to pass a background check.

A box of .45-caliber ammunition. Buyers in California will be subject to extra checks on ammunition.

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Fees on luggage prompt creative workarounds

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Jul 1, 2019

Consumers paid $1.3 billion to check bags in just the first three months of the year, but airfares are at an all-time low.

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Nobody Speak (feat. Chelsea Mariah & DJ Baby Roo) - Roomix RYMNA, Chelsea Mariah, DJ Baby Roo

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David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Brian Allison Technical Director

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