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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

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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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Goodbye, Giuliani

Dan Collins | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Rick Lazio, Rudy Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani Senate, Giuliani Senate 2010, Rudy Giuliani Won't Run, Giuliani 9/11, Kirsten Gillibrand, Rudolph Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani Governor, New York, Giuliani Gop, Bernard Kerik, World Trade Center, New York News
Dan Collins

Rudy Giuliani is out. Out of the Senate race, and for all practical purposes out of politics. He has been with us for more than a quarter century. He had his moments. Too bad there weren't very many of them.

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Downtown Dispatch: Fear and Anxiety Grip Lower Manhattan as It Braces for the Terror Trials

Julie Menin | Posted 12.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Militray Tribunal, New York, Eric Holder, Terrorism, Torture, KSM Trial, 9/11, Lower Manhattan, World Trade Center, Ksm, New York News
Julie Menin

Emotions bubbled to the surface in lower Manhattan this week. Neighborhood activists lambasted Eric Holder's decision to hold the KSM trial in the shadow of the World Trade Center site.

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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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Obama To Bring Troops Home!

Tom Gregory | Posted 12.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: George Bush, Troops, Political Satire, Afghanistan Surge, Obama 2012, Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan War, Tommy Franks, Iraq War, Afghanistan, World Trade Center, Obama Afghanistan, Obama Speech, Presidential Address, West Point, Comedy News
Tom Gregory

Obama announced that he will deploy 30,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan, promising to bring them home just in time to vote in the next presidential election.

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9/11 Text Messages Released: Wikileaks Publishes Intercepted Government Pager Texts As They Were Sent

Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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Government employees sent more than 500,000 text pager messages In the hours before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. At 3 a.m. (...

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Michael Blake, Head Of 9/11 Trial Security, Promoted To Deputy Chief

AP | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: World Trade Center, Deputy Chief, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Michael Blake Promoted, WTC Trial, 9/11 Trial, Michael Blake, New York News

NEW YORK — The man in charge of the New York City Police Department's security planning for the upcoming trial of the Sept. 11 terror attack sus...

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9/11 Defendants Will Plead Not Guilty, Will Explain 'What Happened And Why They Did It: Lawyer

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, 9/11 Trials, World Trade Center, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, September 11th Trial, 2001 Attacks, Scott Fenstermaker, Terrorism, New York News

NEW YORK — The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy,...

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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
Gerald Shargel

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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Paterson: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Shouldn't Be Tried In NYC

nydailynews.com | By Oren Yaniv | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Governor David Paterson, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, David Paterson, Terrorism, World Trade Center, New York City, Ground Zero, New York News

Gov. Paterson on Monday joined the chorus of critics questioning the government's plan to try Kalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 terror...

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Subway Sandwich Shop Opening Atop World Trade Center Crane

nypost.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

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As the Freedom Tower makes its ascent into the city skyline, rising alongside it atop a crane will be a Subway sandwich shop that will turn out subs f...

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Dems, GOP Split On NY Terror Trials

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

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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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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Coming To New York: A Look At The 10 Terror Suspects Headed To US

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Terror Charges, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed New York, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, 9/11, World Trade Center, New York News

WASHINGTON — Ten high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are being transferred to face justice in the United States. The five detainees heading t...

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Bloomberg's Office Admits Meeting With Imam Linked To 1993 WTC Bombing Was Mistake

nydailynews.com | By Celeste Katz and Adam Lisberg | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Siraj Wahhaj, Imam, World Trade Center, Mayor Bloomberg, 1993 WTC, Michael Bloomberg, Siraj Wahhaj Imam, New York News

The mayor's office admits it goofed when it invited a Brooklyn imam linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to City Hall for a Muslim community ...

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Global Beat Fusion: Norah Jones and Goodness from Benin & Martinique

Derek Beres | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 9/11, World Trade Center, Caribbean, Martinique, Norah Jones, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

Two albums have recently exploded into my inbox that are strong contenders for the "Best of" list for '09. Ironically, they are "albums" made in the '60s-'70s in lands overseas and from other time zones than Brooklyn.

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USS New York Commissioning To Include Hillary Clinton

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York

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WASHINGTON — A White House official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will represent the administration at Saturday's commissioning...

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Men Wrongly Detained After 9/11 Get $1.26M From Government

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Wtc, Detainees Settlement, 9/11, Us Government, Racism, World Trade Center, September 11th, Detainees, New York News

NEW YORK — Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups in New York and eventually deported following the Sept. 11 attacks have reached a $1...

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USS New York Battleship: Ship Made With WTC Steel Arrives In New York (VIDEO)

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK -- The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a 21-gun salute near...

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World Trade Center: Ground Zero's "Plan B" Needs $20 Million More

nydailynews.com | Douglas Feiden | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York

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Taxpayers will have to cough up another $20 million for Ground Zero because of the brutal battle raging between the Port Authority and developer Larry...

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USS New York Registered At Tiffany's

nytimes.com | Jennifer 8. Lee | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

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The tasteful Tiffany gift registry politely requests an opulent sterling silver Chippendale tray (listed for $2,868.75) and a delicate Queen Anne tea ...

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No Justice Can Come From Guantánamo Military Commissions

Talat Hamdani | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Talat Hamdani

The military commissions, which will continue to be tainted by the dark legacy of Guantánamo, will always be doubted and cannot achieve the justice that 9/11 family members and all Americans deserve.

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USS New York: Warship Built With World Trade Center Steel Is Headed To New York To Be Commissioned

AP | ALAN SAYRE | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York

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AVONDALE, La. — A Navy assault ship built with tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers began its journey to New York on Tuesda...

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Bernie Kerik Trial: No Talk Of 9/11 Allowed By Ex-Police Commissioner's Defense

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 11.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Corruption, Bernie Kerik Trial, Rudy Giuliani, Bernard Kerik, Homeland Security, September 11, 9/11, World Trade Center, Bernie Kerik, New York News

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The terror attack on the World Trade Center, which made New York City's police commissioner a national figure, cannot be br...

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Abdallah Higazy: FBI Pays Wrongly Detained 9/11 Egyptian Man $250,000

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Wtc, Abdallah Higazy, 9/11, World Trade Center, Aviation Radio World Trade Center, Pilot, Fbi, September 11th, Egyptian Man 9/11, New York News

NEW YORK — The FBI paid $250,000 this week to an Egyptian man detained when a pilot's aviation radio was found after the Sept. 11 attacks in his...

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