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TSA Reimburses Mom for Seized Peanut Butter

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Presumably the woman dressed up in a banana costume and danced upon receiving her check.

A woman who claimed her peanut butter was wrongly seized by TSA screeners has won a $3.99 reimbursement from the agency. Peanut butter jars larger than 3.4 ounces would seem to fall under the banned items list, but some of the more detailed wording relating to travelers with children makes the rule somewhat ambiguous. [NBC News]



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