Record 3 million travelers screened at U.S. airports in a single day 

PASSENGERS CHECK luggage in Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. he Transportation Security Administration says that it screened nearly 3.1 million travelers on Sunday, breaking the previous record by about 74,000. /ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO / ERIN HOOLEY

Travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday set a record on Sunday, as airport officers screened more than 3 million people.  The Transportation Security Administration said Monday that it handled 3.09 million travelers, breaking the previous record by about 74,000. That mark was set on July 7, also a Sunday after a holiday.  Hundreds of

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