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Unruly passenger

by Brennan Linsley/The Associated Press
| September 3, 2014 9:00 PM

Businessman James Beach sits for a portrait inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Colo., Wednesday.  Beach, whose dispute with a fellow airline passenger over a reclined seat sparked a national debate about air-travel etiquette, said he’s embarrassed by the way the confrontation unfolded. But don’t expect Beach to stop using the Knee Defender, a $22 gadget that attaches to a passenger's tray table and prevents the person in front from reclining. He just plans to be nicer about it.