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In a Democratic primary season spiced up by new names, insurgent candidates and the party's progressive push, Hawaii's elections on Saturday offered a stamp of approval to the state's status quo.

An aircraft that took off without authorization and without passengers has crashed, officials at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport said Friday night.

A heist and deadly crash of a passenger plane in the Seattle area has left the family of the airport employee who stole the plane devastated and the nation questioning the vulnerability of airport security.

Mitt Romney said Friday that candidates who make vague statements about racism should be disqualified from running for public office.

The 29-year-old airline worker was apologetic and expressed shock at his fuel level's rapid decrease

An airline employee's unauthorized takeoff from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport before dying in a crash will likely prompt a major review of already tightly controlled industry security measures, experts said Saturday.