Sept. 11

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  • Surveillance went beyond warrantless wiretapping

    AP – 41 mins ago

    WASHINGTON - A new internal government report says President George W. Bush authorized secret intelligence activities shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that went beyond wiretapping without court orders.

  • UN says financial crisis boosts organized crime

    AP – Wed Jul 8, 4:44 pm ET

    UNITED NATIONS - The world financial crisis offers organized crime a unique opportunity to return to the global banking systems from which it had been barred by sanctions imposed after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, the U.N.'s top anti-crime official said Wednesday.

  • Colo. prof in 9/11 flap loses bid to reclaim job

    AP – Tue Jul 7, 8:38 pm ET

    DENVER - A judge refused Tuesday to reinstate a University of Colorado professor who was fired on plagiarism charges after he likened some Sept. 11 terrorist attack victims to a Nazi leader.

  • WTC developer threatens arbitration at ground zero

    AP – Mon Jul 6, 8:57 pm ET

    NEW YORK - The private developer of the World Trade Center site threatened Monday to go to an arbitrator unless he and the site's owner quickly settle a monthslong impasse over how much each should pay to build office towers at ground zero.

  • Defense in Sept. 11 case seeks 'black site' access

    AP – Mon Jul 6, 7:07 pm ET

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Lawyers for an alleged Sept. 11 plotter held at Guantanamo want to inspect secret CIA overseas prisons, saying in court papers Monday the conditions in the so-called black sites may yield insight into a mental disorder that has raised questions about whether he is competent to stand trial.

  • In NYC, biggest fireworks show in US lights up sky

    AP – Sun Jul 5, 7:20 am ET

    NEW YORK - Fireworks lit the night sky above New York with a kaleidoscope of colors shooting 1,000 feet into the air on an Independence Day that began with the Statue of Liberty's crown opening to the public for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001.

  • Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public

    AFP – Sat Jul 4, 3:10 pm ET

    NEW YORK (AFP) - The Statue of Liberty's crown, which has been closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks here, reopened to the public on Saturday as the United States celebrated Independence Day.

  • Air security better post-9/11, but vigilance needed: U.S.

    Reuters – Tue Jun 30, 2:09 pm ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Most but not all of the 19 September 11 attackers would have been picked up beforehand if today's air travel security had been in place, so vigilance is still needed, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Tuesday.

  • Top US Court won't hear terror case against Saudi royals

    AFP – Mon Jun 29, 2:13 pm ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case in which members of Saudi Arabia's royal family were accused of backing the masterminds of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

  • Top court lets stand Saudi immunity in 9/11 case

    Reuters – Mon Jun 29, 11:23 am ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that Saudi Arabia, four of its princes and other Saudi entities cannot be held liable for the September 11, 2001, hijacked plane attacks in the United States.

  • Court won't hear Sept. 11 claims vs. Saudi Arabia

    AP – Mon Jun 29, 10:08 am ET

    WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four of its princes over charitable donations that were allegedly funneled to al-Qaida.

  • AP – Mon Jun 29, 10:33 am ET

    WASHINGTON - Supreme Court fails to decide whether anti-Hillary movie should be regulated as campaign ad.

  • Senators seek health care for sick 9/11 workers

    AP – Wed Jun 24, 4:59 pm ET

    WASHINGTON - New York and New Jersey lawmakers are asking Congress to provide $12 billion in long-term medical care and monitoring to thousands of Sept. 11 workers who became sick after being exposed to toxic dust and debris at the World Trade Center site.

  • FDNY disciplines 7 in fatal 2007 ground zero blaze

    AP – Wed Jun 24, 4:44 pm ET

    NEW YORK - The city's Fire Department disciplined seven fire commanders Wednesday over mistakes that led to a 2007 blaze at a contaminated ground zero skyscraper that killed two firefighters.

  • Interior Secretary optimistic about Flight 93 land

    AP – Tue Jun 23, 8:29 pm ET

    SOMERSET, Pa. - The government has made "substantial progress" in negotiating with the seven landowners whose property is needed so the Flight 93 National Memorial can be built by the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday.

  • 9/11 sculpture embroiled in alleged fraud scheme

    AP – Tue Jun 23, 4:29 pm ET

    HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A towering sculpture in the Maryland mountains depicting three New York City firefighters raising the U.S. flag at ground zero was financed by investor fraud, federal regulators say.

  • Clones of 9/11 hero dog unveiled in Los Angeles

    AFP – Thu Jun 18, 6:50 am ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Five clones of a search and rescue dog which helped locate people trapped in the rubble of the 9/11 attacks were formally presented to their ancestor's former handler.

  • 9/11 search dog cloned for former Canadian cop

    AP – Wed Jun 17, 1:28 pm ET

    LOS ANGELES - Scientists in California say they have cloned a dog that helped with search-and-rescue after the New York terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

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