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Never Give Up: How The Son Of A World Trade Center Hero Decided Nothing Would Keep Him Down

Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: World Trade Center Attacks, 911, 9/11, Joey Graziano, Graziano, 911 Attacks, September 11th, World Trade Center, Slideshow, Politics News

By Luke Mullins Special to the Huffington Post Introduction With as many as 1,700 students pursuing just 32 slots, the chances of winning a Rhodes ...

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Support Airport Officers This Holiday Season

María Elena Durazo | Posted 12.27.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Airport Security, Labor, TSA Security, President Bush, Los Angeles, Labor Unions, September 11th, Los Angeles News

Transportation security officers truly are on the front line of defense. But, thanks to former President Bush, transportation security officers have been second-class employees.

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Thwarted Plane Bombing Shows Continuing Threat and Diversity of Jihadist Radicalism

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 12.28.2009 | World

A worldwide struggle by a transnational movement aided by the Internet and social media enables would-be "lone" fanatics anywhere to market themselves to terror groups as recruits.

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Subway At Ground Zero: Sandwich Shop Will Climb Up Building As It's Built

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 12.24.2009 | New York

Read More: World Trade Center, Restaurant, Subway, Ground Zero, Wtc, Ground Zero Towers, 9/11, Subway Sandwich, September 11th, New York News

NEW YORK — Fresh bread will soon be baking high above ground zero. The new World Trade Center got its first restaurant Wednesday – a sand...

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Flickr, YouTube Feature World Trade Center Rebuilding

AP | Posted 12.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, One World Trade Center, Wtc, 9/11, Youtube, World Trade Center, World Trade Center Construction, September 11th, Flickr, New York News

NEW YORK — New pictures and video showing the rebuilding at the World Trade Center site are now on two social networking sites. The Port Author...

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Afghanistan: The American Experience (New York Review)

The New York Review of Books | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Jihad, Cia, Communist, Nyr, Afghanistan, Washington Post, September 11th, Barack Obama, Woodward, Osama Bin Laden, Soviet Union, New York Review of Books, Afghanistan History, Book Reviews, Afghanistan Book, Books News

Amy Hertz, Huffington Post: Two major powers have struggled for control of Afghanistan over the last few decades, The Soviet Union and the US. Facing ...

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WaPo's Public Enemy Correction Inspires Hilarious Twitter Meme [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Twitter, Corrections, Trending Topics, 911, Washington Post, Public Enemy, Media News, September 11th, Media News

The Post published an article reporting rap legends Public Enemy referred to 9/11 as "a joke," when in reality they were referring to emergency number 9-1-1. Happily, something is being done about it!

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Cheney: Trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed In NYC Could Make Him 'More Important Than Osama bin Laden'

AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dick Cheney Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Sean Hannity, September 11th, New York City, Dick Cheney, New York News

NEW YORK — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says trying suspected Sept. 11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-med) in New Y...

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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Trial: Shortlist Of Defense Lawyers For 9/11 Case

nytimes.com | BENJAMIN WEISER | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Trial, Lawyers, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, September 11th, New York City, New York, Defense-Lawyers, New York News

Lawyers to defend Khalid Shaikh Mohammed are expected to initially be chosen from a cadre of about 20 veteran defense lawyers in New York who have bro...

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Washington Post Forced To Correct Report That Public Enemy Called 9/11 A Joke

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Washington Post, Public Enemy, 911, September 11th, Corrections, Media News

ABC News White House correspondent Jake Tapper offers up, via Twitter, a Washington Post correction that addresses what Tapper terms an example of "un...

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Obama's Afghanistan Surge Is Backed By 9/11 Families, But Some Are Wary

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, 9/11, Obama West Point, West Point Speech, September 11th, Barack Obama, New York News

NEW YORK — Families of some of those killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks welcome President Barack Obama's plan to deploy thousands more troops...

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Death Penalty A Question For 9/11 Jury

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Death Penalty New York, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, September 11th, New York News

NEW YORK — New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists. In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin ...

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Obama & Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: If One Branch is Good, Two Must be Better?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Phil Bronstein, September 11th, Barack Obama, Politics, 9/11, Ksm, Politics News

President Obama is judging Khalid Sheikh Mohammed guilty of the 9/11 crimes before the system Obama is supposed to uphold even brings the guy to court.

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Quakers and Shakers: Giuliani and Paterson Unlikely Bedfellows in the Axis of Anxiety

Adam Hanft | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Rudy Giuliani, David Paterson, Terrorism, George W. Bush, September 11th, New York City, Eric Holder, New York News

Tough-guy Rudy Giuliani and touchy-feely David Paterson are in unlikely and violent agreement: making Manhattan Ground Zero for the Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial is a very bad idea.

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Afghanistan: No Good Alternatives

Ryan McDermott | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Iraq, Economy, Barack Obama, Terrorism, September 11th, Al Qaeda, World News

It might have seemed unfathomable back in 2001 to think that this war would have gone on so long, but here we are eight years in and no end in sight.

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Holder Acts Like a Patriot As Republicans Continue to Shriek in Terror

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Justice, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Eric Holder Attorney General, September 11th, Attorney General Eric Holder, Eric Holder, Politics News

When contrasted with the recent statements by Attorney General Eric Holder on the KSM trial, the Right really does look like a bunch of sniveling cowards.

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Could Fort Hood Tragedy Been Avoided?

Lawrence J. Siegel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Psychiatry, Nidal Malik Hasan, Fort Hood, Veterans PTSD, Ptsd, September 11th, Fort Hood Shootings, Politics News

As a child psychologist, I worked with families who were affected in the aftermath of September 11. My three decades as a mental health professional did not fully prepare me for this task.

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Rep. John Shadegg Suggests Bloomberg's Daughter May Be Kidnapped Due To Terror Trials (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mayor Bloomberg, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Michael Bloomberg, Guantanamo Detainees, John Shadegg, September 11th, Terror Trials New York, New York News

President Obama's decision to try alleged 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees in New York -- mere blocks from the ...

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Giuliani the Brave

Dan Collins | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Giuliani, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Rudy Giuliani New York Terror Trial, Rudy Giuliani, September 11 Trial, President Obama, 9/11, September 11th, New York News

The outcry against trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York is strange. The same people who tell us to stand up to terrorists feel it's too scary to have them in a U.S. courtroom. Giuliani is livid at the idea.

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If This Is War, What Are We Doing?

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Capital Punishment, Fort Hood, Ksm, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Nidal Malik Hasan, Death Penalty, September 11th, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Al Qaeda, Denver News

The government's easier path toward execution is through a tribunal, and yet Holder has chosen the risky path of seeking the death penalty in New York. This is political correctness run amok.

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Just a Few Blocks Away...

Gerald Shargel | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Southern District, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, World Trade Center, Ksm, September 11th, New York News

Even Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a self-described "jackal," will be presumed innocent. But with all the constitutional embroidery, will Mohammed receive a fair trial in Manhattan?

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Dems, GOP Split On NY Terror Trials

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Nyc Terror Trials, Rudy Giuliani, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, World Trade Center, Democrats, September 11th, WTC Trial, Republicans, New York News

WASHINGTON — Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radica...

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Giuliani: NYC September 11th Trial Puts People At Risk (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

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WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- The former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, says putting suspected Sept. 11 terrorists on trial in New York Cit...

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Lower Manhattan is the Proper Place to Try Khalid Sheikh Mohmammed

Julie Menin | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mitch McConnell, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Waterboarding, New York, September 11th, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, New York News

it should indeed be a jury of New Yorkers, the community who was most adversely impacted by the horrific events of September 11th, who decide Mohammed's fate.

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Close it Right: Guantanamo Must Be Shut Down Quickly and Properly

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Due Process, Aclu, September 11th, Eric Holder, Gitmo, Greg Craig, Politics News

The clock's ticking and it's not looking good. As January 22, 2010 fast approaches, the administration is signaling that it's unlikely to meet its own deadline to close

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