If you've been working for a while, you will probably get 6 months of benefits from the state. Then the tiers kick in, with extended benefits that are funded by the federal government. The tiers depend on the unemployment rate for the state. I've been unemployed for 14 months now, and am in Tier 2 (now that we didn't go over a fiscal cliff on Jan. 1). All the info you'll ever want to know is found on the unemployment forum, here: http://www.city-data.com/forum/unemployment/.
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline from 1925 until 2001. It was originally formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a transcontinental route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis and Kansas City as well as other intermediate stops with Ford Trimotor aircraft.
Shepard Smith then went west and worked as a Los Angeles-based News correspondent for FOX, covering big stories for the FOX affiliate news service, including the fiery crash of TWA Flight 800 and the Oklahoma City bombing.