Aggressive efforts to cut costs have reduced nonfuel expenses by 16 percent since 2001, and for the first 10 months of this year, passenger traffic rose 7.3 percent from the period a year earlier.

They get a kiss in before two mothers, germ-fear making them look angry, swoop the kids awav. Babies are crying, sleeping, sucking, cowboy-riding on knees, sticking their hands into their dads' mouths.

In all my years as a cycling fan, I've never seen a breakaway like this.

Her one Monroe piercing accentuated her face, the small diamond adding a slight sparkle to her flawless complexion.