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	Sioux City .. SUX

maquser

10-22-2007 3:05 PM

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                        SIOUX CITY, Iowa - City leaders have scrapped plans to do away with the <SPAN id="lw_1193052880_0" class="yshortcuts">Sioux Gateway Airport</SPAN>'s unflattering three-letter identifier — SUX — and instead have made it the centerpiece of the airport's new marketing campaign.                        
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