U.S. to allow some liquids on airlines

WASHINGTON -- The government is partially lifting its ban against carrying liquids and gels onto airliners, as long as they are purchased from secure airport stores and will also permit small, travel-size toiletries brought from home, officials said Monday. A total ban on such products, instituted after a plot to bomb jets flying into the United States was foiled, is no longer needed, said Transportation Security Administration chief Kip Hawley.