Haider Sediqi didn't give much importance to a small, zippered pouch left behind by a passenger he dropped off at Los Angeles International Airport. He simply stashed it in the front of the car where it remained for the day. After lunch, Sediqi asked a fellow cabdriver friend to check the pouch for identification.

A Cuban woman ships herself to Miami in a wooden crate on a cargo plane. U. S. authorities are now allowing her to stay permanently. Sandra De los Santos has received political asylum. She says she's studying English and hopes to become an ultrasound technician.

AirTran Airways, The Coca-Cola Company and Wendy's International, Inc. took America's affinity for drive-thru service to new heights today, after completing the world's first fly-thru quick service order. The inflight fast food refueling took place at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as an AirTran Airways Boeing 737 taxied through a specially designed Wendy's drive-thru.

After 18 years of living as a fugitive, an escaped inmate turns himself in. Hernando Hennessy-Rossi was 39 when he escaped from a federal minimum security prison camp at Eglin Air Force Base near Pensacola, Florida.