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Published August 11, 2011, 12:00 AM

Airplane


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A ground crew works on a flight at the Morgantown Municipal Airport in Morgantown, W.Va., on Tuesday. The fight over subsidies to rural air carriers was a key sticking point that led to the recent political standoff in Washington that temporarily shut down the Federal Aviation Administration, putting thousands out of work.

Read the article: Gov’t pays for empty flights to rural airports, including Glendive, Mont.