Passenger arrested with 'vampire straw' at Boston airport.
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A passenger was arrested at Boston's Logan International Airport for carrying a self-defense weapon known as a vampire straw through security. The TSA doesn't allow vampire straws to be carried onto a flight. The company that makes the straw bills it as a self-defense weapon since it can be used like a dagger. There has been a steady increase in weapons being detected at TSA checkpoints at airports across the nation.
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