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Southwest Airlines unveils apartments in the heights Co. , which heights indicates once clad its flight attendants in hot pants but is now accused of being a prude, tried to turn the controversy on its head Friday. After taking intense public heat for barring a 23-year-old passenger from flying because her outfit was too revealing, Southwest apologized for the incident and announced it was having a fare sale in honor of miniskirts. "Some have said we've gone from wearing our famous hot pants to having hot flashes at Southwest, but nothing could be further from the truth," Chief Executive Gary Kelly said in a statement before acknowledging that the carrier "could have handled this better. "To make amends, the Dallas-based airline said it was offering the offended passenger, Kyla Ebbert of San Diego, two free round-trip tickets. Southwest also launched a "skimpy" fare sale with one-way flights ranging from $49 to $109. The fare is available for flights on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and must be purchased two weeks in advance by Sept 24 for travel between Sept 28 and Nov. 15. The controversy erupted in July after Ebbert was asked by an airline employee at San Diego International Airport to change her miniskirt, top and sweater or get off the plane. Ebbert, a waitress at a Hooters restaurant, was allowed to stay on the flight to Tucson after pulling her skirt down a bit and her top up. Another woman complained this week about similar treatment, which added fuel to the controversy. Southwest executives said they thought the incident with Ebbert had been resolved last month after Kelly apologized. But Ebbert has since appeared on several televisions shows, including "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "Fox News" and NBC's "Today Show," to tell her tale. She wore the controversial miniskirt during an interview with Matt Lauer on the "Today Show. " Her underwear was visible when she sat down. On Friday, Ebbert took her case to the "Dr. Phil" show, where host Phil McGraw read another apology from Kelly.

The show is scheduled to air Tuesday. Ebbert could not be reached for comment. The airline was still somewhat defiant Friday. "We don't have a dress code at Southwest Airlines, and we don't want to put our employees in the position of being the fashion police," Kelly said in the heights in the heights . "But there's a fine line you walk sometimes in not offending other passengers. "--peter. paeThe Associated Press was used in compiling this report. heights apartments . UAL Corp. In The Heights tickets , parent of United Airlines, said it raised fares for domestic flights by $3 each way -- $6 round-trip -- to offset the higher cost of jet fuel In The Heights - intheheightsthemusical . The move follows fare increases last week by Delta Air Lines Inc and low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines Co. heights homes . U. S in the hights . retail sales and industrial output eked out smaller-than-expected gains in August, according to data Friday that kept in place expectations that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates next week. The reports showed signs of economic softness but the picture was not uniformly bleak. A drop in gasoline prices helped to curb the retail sales gain, but also helped to hold a gauge of consumer confidence steady in early September. "The confidence number was largely in line with expectations, and we are still seeing a trend downwards off the high at beginning of the year," said Matthew Strauss, currency strategist at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto In The Heights - intheheightsthemusical .

"After this morning's retail numbers and the disappointing unemployment numbers last week, the worry remains that we could see a sharp slowdown in the U. S. "Retail sales rose a slim 0. 3% last month, the Commerce Department said in the heights usnavi . When motor vehicles and parts were stripped out, retail sales fell 0. 4%, the sharpest drop since September 2006. The Fed said industrial production rose 0. 2%, propped up by a surge in utility output that managed to offset drops at factories and mines. Wall Street economists had expected retail sales to gain 0. 4% overall and 0. 2% with cars stripped out, and they had looked for industrial output to rise 0. 3%. The data followed a report a week ago that showed jobs declined in August for the first time in four years and job growth in June and July was softer than first thought. "If you combine the consumer side of the equation with the employment side we got a week ago, you now see some chinks in the armor of the economy," said Kevin Flanagan, a fixed-income strategist at Morgan Stanley in Purchase, N. Y In The Heights . Economists expect the Fed to cut its benchmark short-term rate, now 5. 25%, by at least a quarter of a percentage point next week to buffer the economy from a prolonged housing slump and housing-related stress in credit markets. Some analysts had looked to other recent relatively strong retail sales reports as evidence that the economy remained healthy outside of housing. Falling prices pulled the government's measure of August gasoline sales down sharply, weighing on the overall retail sales reading, and July's sales gain was revised up to 0. 5% from 0. 3% heights schools . Still, sales excluding cars and gasoline were down 0. 1%, the weakest showing since April. Purchases of motor vehicles, which make up around one-fifth of all sales, rose 2. 8%, while gasoline sales fell 2. 4%, building materials sales dropped 1%, and sales at department stores and clothing stores slipped slightly. Another government report showed that U. S heights school . import prices fell unexpectedly in August by 0. 3%, the first decline since the start of the year as petroleum costs also retreated. Excluding a 1. 3% drop in imported petroleum prices, import prices fell 0. 1% last month, the Labor Department said the heights . It was the first decline in overall import prices, or in the cost of imported petroleum, since January. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a 0. 3% increase in import prices in August.

Export prices rose 0. 2%, matching expectations. A different report showed consumer sentiment holding steady overall in the heights youtube . The Reuters/University of Michigan survey of consumer confidence said its preliminary September figure on consumer sentiment was 83. 8, slightly above a median forecast of 83. 4 and the final August reading of 83. 4. A separate Commerce Department report showed that the U. S heights antiques . current account deficit narrowed in the second quarter to $190. 8 billion, in line with expectations, from an upwardly revised gap of $197. 1 billion in the first quarter in the hieghts . The current account, the broadest measure of trade, includes goods, services and income flows. The second-quarter current account deficit equaled 5. 5% of gross domestic product, down from 5. 8% in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said . heights homes for sale . Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said a database was hacked and contact information for its more than 6. 3 million investors was stolen. A spokeswoman for the Omaha-based company said more-sensitive information in the database, including Social Security numbers and account numbers, does not appear to have been accessed. Ameritrade declined to discuss its investigation of the break-in, including when it occurred.