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The president said the Pentagon will open up unused military airspace from Florida to Maine to create "a Thanksgiving express lane" for commercial airliners.

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Yet the same barriers that make it a challenge for one entrepreneur to build software for a wide array of phones can provide an express lane for others.

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His company, Verified Identity Pass , a screening service that's created an express lane at airport security posts for pre-screened passengers deemed safe by the government, has effectively been cleared to take off past its initial successful test run in Orlando, Fla.

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