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HERBERT G. McCANN

A stranded United Airlines passenger sleeps in Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport Saturday, June 18, 2011 in Chicago. Thousands of flyers were stranded Friday night in airports across the country when United Airlines computers crashed, interrupting departures and reservations and disrupting the airline's websites. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (AP)

United glitch strands thousands of air travelers

HERBERT G. McCANN