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Chicago's Midway Airport Experiences Security Checkpoint Delays.

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Aug. 5--As federal and city officials continue to struggle over how to ease chronic security delays at Midway Airport, another Monday morning crush left thousands of grumbling travelers waiting in a security line that stretched more than 500 feet to the parking garage.

"I'm furious. I fly all over the country," said Joe Clarken, 38, who waited for an hour at the ticket counter for his boarding pass to Phoenix and another hour to clear the metal detectors. "This is the worst I've ever seen, anywhere. It

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