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Many Americans begin their holidays with travel, and complaining about that travel is quickly becoming a favorite national pastime. Long lines, small seats, hidden fees for everything from carry-ons to a can of Coke - the list goes on. To help us understand why this is the new reality, we reached Seth Kaplan. He's the editor of Airline Weekly.

Mr. Kaplan, good morning.

SETH KAPLAN: Good morning, Linda.

Thousands of women marched in the streets of Cairo Tuesday rallying against their treatment by Egyptian security forces. The march came on the heels of video images of soldiers beating and stripping female demonstrators during recent protests in Tahrir Square. For more, Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson.

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Mental health and law enforcement officials in California are trying to find ways to hold violent psychiatric patients accountable without punishing people for being sick. It's a response to escalating violence in the state's mental hospitals, where thousands of assaults occur annually. Only a tiny fraction of them, however, result in criminal charges.