MSP ground hold after pool sticks get through security

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Takeoffs halted after security problem at Twin Cities airport

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Officials stopped takeoffs at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Saturday after a man carrying a pool-stick case disappeared after being given improper clearance through a security checkpoint.

Departing flights were halted at 4:30 p.m. while police and security agents searched for the man in the terminal and planes. Security checkpoints were also closed.

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Takeoffs halted after security problem at Twin Cities airport

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Officials stopped takeoffs at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Saturday after a man carrying a pool-stick case disappeared after being given improper clearance through a security checkpoint.

Departing flights were halted at 4:30 p.m. while police and security agents searched for the man in the terminal and planes. Security checkpoints were also closed.