Miami International Airport was closed down for more than seven hours early Friday after TSA screeners found what looked like a pipe bomb in a man's checked bag. It is being reported that the item in question belongs to a 70-year-old scientist and that it was some type of "canister" that did not contain explosives, but is still being inspected by the FBI.

A man was arrested at JFK Airport after he tried to get through airport security with a stolen gun in his carry-on luggage Wednesday morning.

The suspect, identified as Junior Almonte, 30, fled the terminal, running off without his bag, wallet and shoes reports New York Daily News. Almonte turned himself in later in the day. It isn't clear how he escaped the airport and where he ran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bodyguards had four of their handguns disappear from airline cargo during their recent visit to the U.S. The handguns may have been mistakenly flown to Los Angeles and stolen, instead of arriving in Washington DC. A Shin Bet spokesperson said, "The pistols were part of the equipment sent ahead to Washington, and got lost."

It is being reported (Reuters, UPI) that Egyptian authorities say they arrested an American-Egyptian at the Cairo Airport early Wednesday after he was found to have two 9mm handguns, ammunition, swords and knives in his luggage. The suspect, identified as Mohammed Ibrahim Khalf, arrived on a flight from New York's JFK International Airport.

Anonymous let us know about a bomb scare at Seattle's Sea-Tac Airport this morning. It seems a baggage handler heard a "pop" and saw smoke coming from a piece of luggage. The bomb squad was called in and the smoking item was found to be some type of battery charger.

In a TSA blog post Friday, Blogger Bob explains the different roles of the TSA, and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when it comes to examining travelers' laptop computers.

Blogger Bob wants the public to understand that it is not TSA screeners who are searching the contents of a laptop, it is CBP agents. TSA will only examine the outside of a computer and perform an explosives trace detection test.