Transportation Security Administration officials at New York airports said items seized in recent months include a frozen monkey head and a drug-stuffed cat. TSA officials said recent months have also seen the seizure of a suitcase full of cockroaches and seven pounds of chocolate-covered heroin bars, the New York Daily News reported Monday. People are still showing up at the checkpoint with loaded guns, explosives, fireworks, said TSA spokeswoman Lara Uselding.

Agents say they detained a man Thursday at MacArthur Airport on Long Island, N.Y., after allegedly finding a suspected pipe bomb in his luggage.

By James Bernstein, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jun. 27--Next time you go to LaGuardia Airport, you will have a choice of deciding whether you are green, blue or black. No, you won't be playing a game. This is for real.

By Sharon Linstedt, The Buffalo News, N.Y. May 13--A federal Transportation Security Administration officer at Buffalo Niagara International Airport has been taken off active duty following a Sunday afternoon security breach.

By Steve Ritea, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Apr. 18--A new body scanner installed yesterday at Kennedy Airport allows security screeners to look beneath travelers' clothing for concealed weapons.