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Debris from 9/11 plane found near site of proposed ‘Ground Zero mosque’
A 5-foot long piece of debris believed to be from one of the planes involved in the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 was found wedged between two nearby buildings, including the site of a proposed mosque and community center that was slammed by conservatives. WNBC-TV reported that…
Officials find possible human remains at World Trade Center site
Medical officials in New York City said they discovered two fragments that could be human remains while beginning a new round of sifting through the debris caused by the Sept.11 attack on the World Trade Center. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the fragments were discovered on Monday…
Study questions link between cancer and 9/11 debris
A study due to be released Wednesday casts doubt on links between cancer and toxic dust in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in New York — only six months after dozens of cancers were declared eligible for compensation. The New York Health Department study, which will appear in the…
Legal spat delays World Trade Center rebuild
OTTAWA — A Quebec steel firm is delaying the finishing touches on the rebuilt World Trade Center by refusing to deliver the antenna for New York’s tallest skyscraper, saying on Tuesday it was owed money. “We’ve just about finished making the antenna but it will remain here until our invoices…
Tensions surround 9/11 memorial on anniversary
Tensions over how to pay proper respect to the dead are overshadowing New York’s memorial at Ground Zero as a gap widens between survivors and the general, more forgetful public 11 years after 9/11. Just days before the latest annual remembrance of the cataclysm that saw hijacked airliners flown into…
Obama signs World Trade Center beam
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama stopped at the site of the destroyed Twin Towers in New York on Thursday and inscribed the final beam in the rebuilt World Trade Center with the words: “We remember.” Obama and his wife Michelle Obama — who came to New York to attend…
9/11 mastermind, co-plotters defy Guantanamo court
The self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-defendants defied a military court here Saturday, with one of the accused shouting “you are going to kill us.” The five were brought into the courtroom to be arraigned for the killing of 2,976 people on September 11, 2001 when Al-Qaeda militants flew…
What The Hell Is Ground Zero, Anyway?
As the debate has endlessly worn on about the Park 51 Islamic community center, two things have become abundantly clear. The first is that much of our discourse in this country is fundamentally driven by a strain of Islamophobia tempered only by the fact that overt displays of violence are…
Teenage succubi taking birth control because they want to get pregnant
One of the worst problems in American politics is that once a wingnut myth takes off, it never dies, no matter how much evidence you can marshal against it. There are people who will go to their graves believing that there was a good reason to think that Saddam Hussein…
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