September 11

NY Legislature To Move Primary From Sept. 11

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York's legislative leaders have agreed to move the Sept. 11 political primary in remembrance of the deaths and rescues in the 2001...

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Think Before You Stereotype

Iman Hariri-Kia | Posted 05.10.2012

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Iman Hariri-Kia

After the Iraq War started, a girl came up to me on the playground and shouted, "Pick a side, terrorist." Her father was serving in the American military in Iraq and she assumed that was where I was from.

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The Rising: Responding to Tragedy

Craig Werner | Posted 05.07.2012

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Craig Werner

Tragedy is the one event throughout history that has never failed to bring people together, no matter race, religion or beliefs. The Rising plays off of this idea.

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9/11 Mastermind Trial Could Last Years

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.06.2012

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The U.S. has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks ...

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9/11 Mastermind In Court

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.06.2012

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — They knelt in prayer, ignored the judge and wouldn't listen to Arabic translations as they confronted nearly 3...

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9/11 Mastermind Returns To Guantanamo Tribunal

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.05.2012

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The man who once bragged about planning Sept. 11 "from A to Z" may mount a defense after all to charges that h...

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Even Terrorists Deserve to Be Sentenced

Jonathan Hafetz | Posted 05.03.2012

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Jonathan Hafetz

Most of the 169 remaining Guantanamo detainees will never be charged in court. They will thus never be given what those accused of the most serious terrorist offenses receive: the opportunity to be tried and sentenced if found guilty.

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One World Trade Center Becomes NYC's Tallest Skyscraper

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 04.30.2012

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NEW YORK — One World Trade Center, the monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, claimed the title of N...

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Everything Wrong With Racial Profiling

Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski | Posted 04.25.2012

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Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski

What we know for sure is that Trayvon Martin is dead. We may also learn again that the false assumptions that undergird all sorts of profiling endanger our citizens and visitors, and divide us against each other.

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A Hidden Benefit of Afghanistan: Peace

Deepak Chopra | Posted 04.23.2012

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Deepak Chopra

If the pain of failure in Afghanistan and Iraq is to having any lasting benefit, let it be a reluctant move in the direction of peace.

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Honoring The 9/11 Memorial Volunteers Who Work 7 Days A Week, 365 Days A Year

Danilo Minnick | Posted 04.23.2012

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Danilo Minnick

Benjamin Franklin established the first volunteer fire department in 1736 in Philadelphia. President Richard Nixon created the first National Voluntee...

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New York City Mourns Firefighter Who Survived 9/11, Died Battling Warehouse Blaze (How You Can Help)

Posted 04.18.2012

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New York City is mourning the loss of a 9/11 hero, but keeping his legacy alive through a memorial fund for his surviving children. Lt. Richard Nap...

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'Long Island Medium': Client Connects To Father Who Died 9/11

Posted 04.16.2012

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Theresa Caputo helped a young woman deal with the loss of her father during the 9/11 tragedies in New York on the latest "Long Island Medium" (Sun., 9...

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Why We've Lost the War on Terror

Jess Coleman | Posted 04.09.2012

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Jess Coleman

What Americans and world citizens have gone through in the past decade has been excruciating. But when did it become acceptable or rational for government to use grief as an excuse to trample on our rights?

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9/11 Hero's Mother Responds To Carson Daly's Gay JetBlue Suggestion

Posted 03.29.2012

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Carson Daly's now-infamous suggestion that gays wouldn't have been able to stop the JetBlue Airways pilot who experienced a mid-flight meltdown led ma...

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Michael McAuliff

Committee Weighs Cancer Lifeline For 9/11 Heroes

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The grim uncertainty facing the men and women who toiled among the wreckage of the World Trade Center hit home once again Thursday with ...

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9/11 'Survivor Tree' Blossoms At Start Of Spring

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 03.20.2012

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NEW YORK -- A pear tree that miraculously survived the Sept. 11 terror attack blossomed at ground zero on the first day of spring. The "Survivor Tree...

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Families Say No To 9/11 Memorial Remains Plan

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 03.04.2012

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NEW YORK -- Families of Sept. 11 victims on Sunday called for congressional hearings to establish federal protocols on how to handle human remains aft...

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The U.S. Is No Longer The Land Of The Free

The Washington Post | Posted 01.17.2012

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Every year, the State Department issues reports on individual rights in other countries, monitoring the passage of restrictive laws and regulations ar...

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Michael Bloomberg Says Work On Planned 9/11 Museum Has Stalled

AP | By DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 12.30.2011

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NEW YORK -- Work on a planned museum at the World Trade Center has ground to a halt because of a financial dispute, and there is now no possibility it...

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TLC's Controversial New Show Takes On 9/11

AP | By DAVID BAUDER | Posted 12.29.2011

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NEW YORK -- A television show about members of a Muslim community in Michigan is focusing what may be its second-to-last episode almost entirely on th...

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Iran Rejects Liability In September 11 Attacks

AP | Posted 12.26.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has rejected a New York judge's finding that Tehran is liable in the Sept. 11 attacks along with the Taliban and al-Qaida. Accor...

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Family Guy Prompts the Question: Ten Years Later, Is It Okay to Have Fun With 9/11?

Ed Martin | Posted 02.14.2012

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Ed Martin

Ten years later, is it too soon for television to have some fun with the events of September 11, 2001? I've been wondering about this since the November 20 episode of Fox's often controversial Family Guy.

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9/11 Education May Be Required In Florida Schools

Posted 02.14.2012

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Two representatives in Palm Beach County, Rep. Joseph Abruzzo, D-Wellington, and Rep. Lori Berman, D-Delray Beach, are co-sponsoring a bill that would...

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South Korean Developers May Change 'Twin Towers' Building Design

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 12.20.2011

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South Korean developers may be backing down from plans to erect two luxury apartment buildings that some say resemble the World Trade Center buildings...

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