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World Trade Center stories: 45 news summaries

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 Judge Tosses Out
 9/11 Remains Case 

Families wanted cemetery created for mass of rubble

Jul 7, 08 8:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A lawsuit to have rubble from the Sept. 11 attacks given a proper burial was dismissed in a US court today, Reuters reports. Victims' families contend that the estimated 1.5 to 1.8 million tons of debris contain human remains, and must be removed from the Fresh Kills landfill... More »

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World Trade Center • court • judge • remains • terrorist attack • debris • 9/11 attacks

Verdict Near on Collapse of Third 9/11 Building

Group of experts still points to controlled demolition

Jul 5, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Experts probing the collapse of a third World Trade Center tower are expected to announce that fires brought it down, the BBC reports. The tower, known as WTC7, fell hours after the Twin Towers came down. No steel-framed skyscraper has ever collapsed due to fire, and a group of scientists,... More »

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World Trade Center • September 11 • National Institute of Standards and Technology • conspiracy theory • 9/11 attacks

OPINION

WTC Rebuilding an Emblem of Can't-Do Politics

Morass of competing parties and gridlock mirrors US system

Jul 3, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - We’re having an entertaining campaign season, Daniel Henninger allows in the Wall Street Journal, but the US' fundamental political system is in deep trouble: “It’s an open question whether we have one, or are losing the one we’ve got.” He finds a microcosm in the... More »

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terrorism • World Trade Center • government • 9/11 commission • rebuilding • 9/11 attacks

 Hero Dog
 Wins Cloning
 Contest 

German shepherd who sniffed out WTC survivors will soon have double

Jul 3, 08 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A retired Canadian rescue dog who helped find the last survivor in the rubble of the World Trade Center has been chosen as the world's most clone-worthy dog, the Globe & Mail reports. A California genetics company chose 15-year-old German shepherd Trakr to be cloned after reading an essay from... More »

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World Trade Center • rescue dogs • cloning • dog • cloned pets • animal cloning

 WTC Project
 Years Behind,
 Billions Over 

Memorial unlikely to be ready for 10th anniversary of 9/11

Jun 30, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The problem-plagued World Trade Center rebuilding project will be completed years behind schedule and up to $3 billion over budget, reports the Wall Street Journal. Construction of the various elements of the $15 billion complex—which includes a sprawling 9/11 memorial, office towers, a performing arts center, and a transportation... More »

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New York City • World Trade Center • Freedom Tower • Merrill Lynch • Michael Bloomberg • World Trade Center memorial • Port Authority of New York and New Jersey • Lower Manhattan Development Corp • David Paterson • Christopher J. Ward • 9/11 attacks • Westfield Group • transportation hub

Candidates Spar Over Origins of 9/11 Attacks

Charges of delusion, distortion fly on the trail

Jun 17, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A top aide to John McCain aide today called Barack Obama “naïve,” “delusional,” and the “perfect manifestation of a Sept. 10 mindset,” ABC News reports. The sniping came in response to Obama’s comment that the US acted correctly in trying the terrorists... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • John McCain • John Kerry • World Trade Center • Richard Clarke • James Woolsey

 Pope Prays at Ground Zero 

Benedict XVI blesses 9/11 victims and their families

Apr 20, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI got on his knees at Ground Zero today to bless the site where 2,600 people died and pray for the victims of the 9/11 attacks and their grieving families. "Turn to your way of love those whose hearts and minds are consumed with hatred,"... More »

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terrorism • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Ground Zero • World Trade Center • September 11 • Catholics • Pope Benedict's US visit

 WTC Blueprints Found in Trash 

After huge security breach, vagrant spots documents

Apr 18, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A vagrant sifting through a trash can found confidential blueprints for the Freedom Tower, the New York Post reports. Though the documents are not complete, they contain sufficient information, such as the thickness of the building’s concrete core and schematics of the ventilation system, to facilitate a potentially devastating... More »

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terrorism • World Trade Center • Freedom Tower • September 11 • terrorist • confidential information • biological weapons • architectural plans

  WTC Developer
  Sues Airlines for 9/11

Silverstein seeks $12.3B on top of insurance payout

Mar 28, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The developer of the World Trade Center is suing airlines and airport security companies for $12.3 billion to cover his 9/11 losses, CNN reports. Larry Silverstein signed a 99-year lease on the site just six weeks before the attacks. He holds the defendants responsible for failing to prevent the... More »

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Boeing • World Trade Center • Larry Silverstein • United Airlines • September 11 • lawsuit • American Airlines • Continental Airlines • Silverstein Properties

 9/11 Illnesses Haunt Journalists 

Those who covered Ground Zero report breathing problems, other ailments

Mar 12, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The helicopter ride through the burning World Trader Center's thick, chemical-laden smoke won Keith Meyers' 9/11 photos a share of the Pulitzer, but he says it cost him his health and career. "I could feel my skin tingling and burning," recalls the former New York Times photographer. Like... More »

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cancer • media • New York City • Ground Zero • World Trade Center • September 11 • journalist • asthma • PTSD • Twin Towers • coughing

Moving Day for 9/11's Stairway to Freedom

Way out of horror for thousands of survivors will be part of memorial

Mar 10, 08 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A potent symbol of survival on 9/11—a 37-step staircase used by thousands to escape the Twin Towers—was temporarily moved yesterday as part of a compromise plan that will incorporate the structure into the World Trade Center memorial. The stairs were hoisted on a flatbed and shifted to another... More »

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terrorism • New York City • World Trade Center • September 11 • south tower • World Trade Center memorial • Port Authority of New York and New Jersey • Lower Manhattan Development Corp • Avi Schick • Tom Canavan • Joe Daniels

Oscar Winner Is 9/11 Doubter

French Oscar winner sees a conspiracy to burn the building and pass it off as a terrorist attack. 

Mar 1, 08 9:33 PM CST
(Newser) - In year-old video just now resurfacing, best-actress Oscar winner Marion Cotillard says she doesn't believe the "official story" of  the 9/11 attacks—and she's not sure the moon landing was real, either, the Telegraph reports. In a TV interview, the French star of La Vie en Rose speculates that... More »

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World Trade Center • September 11 • moon landings • actor • Marion Cotillard • conspiracy theory • Edith Piaf • Oscar winner

Ground Zero Excavation
Slow, Pricey

NY Port Authority
faces millions in
penalties on delays

Jan 13, 08 10:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Ground Zero in New York City is a magnet for patriotism, skepticicm and frustration; underground, it continues to be a very costly challenge. Excavation preparatory to rebuilding is moving so woefully slowly that New York's Port Authority has accrued late fees of $300,000 a day since Jan. 1, with... More »

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Ground Zero • World Trade Center • Freedom Tower • Larry Silverstein • September 11 • office buildings • Port Authority • Silverstein Properties

Tower Takes
2nd-Tallest
NYC Honors

New BofA building outgrows Chrysler; only Empire State is taller

Nov 28, 07 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The Big Apple skyline’s getting a new No. 2, the New York Observer reports: Bank of America's new headquarters is set to overtake the Chrysler Building this week as runner-up to the Empire State Building. Luckily for the newcomer, height is traditionally marked at the “structural top”: The... More »

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New York City • Bank of America • World Trade Center • Empire State Building • Chrysler Building • One Bryant Park

Muschamp, Critic's Critic, Dies at 59

Wrote during 'surge
of exuberance' in architecture

Oct 3, 07 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Architecture critic Herbert Muschamp died of lung cancer last night at age 59, the New York Times reports. Muschamp wrote for the Times during a “surge of exuberance” in architecture, and his personal style grabbed readers for more than a decade. Said the Times editor who hired him, “... More »

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architecture • Andy Warhol • World Trade Center • obituary • Frank Gehry • Herbert Muschamp • Nicolai Ouroussoff • Daniel Libeskind • Guggenheim Bilbao • The Factory

9/11 Survivor's Story May Be Tall Tale

Details don't add up in World Trade Center escapee's account

Sep 27, 07 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since September 11, 2001, Tania Head has made a name for herself as one of few people to escape from the upper floors of the World Trade Center, and has devoted much time to organizing survivors' networks and speaking of her experience. But recent inquiries suggest Head may have fabricated... More »

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World Trade Center • September 11 • survivors

Six Years Later

Country, relatives mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Sep 11, 07 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Relatives gathered at a park near Ground Zero to remember the victims of the World Trade Center attacks today—the first anniversary without a clear blue sky, notes the New York Daily News. It was also the first time the memorial was moved away from the footprints of the towers.... More »

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Pentagon • Peter Pace • New York City • Ground Zero • World Trade Center • Pennsylvania • September 11 • Shanksville

WTC Victims' Families Grieve All Over Again

Remains continue to be found and identified, even 6 years later

Sep 11, 07 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many of those affected by the 9/11 attacks are still burying loved ones as remains are found and slowly identified, making closure hard to achieve, the Boston Globe reports. "How many times are you going to bury somebody?" asks the widow of a man killed in the World Trade... More »

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terrorism • World Trade Center • September 11 • remains • survivors • forensics

2 More Injured at Ground Zero Building

Scaffolding falls from structure where firefighters perished

Aug 23, 07 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two New York firefighters were injured today by scaffolding falling from the Deutsche Bank building near ground zero, the AP reports. The incident came less than a week after a fire at the skyscraper across the street from the World Trade Center site claimed the lives of two other firefighters.... More »

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New York City • Ground Zero • World Trade Center • firefighters • skyscraper • Duetsche Bank • scaffolding • John Galt Corp.

Post-9/11 Hero Dog Loses Cancer Fight

Rescued as a puppy, Jake searched for WTC, Katrina survivors

Jul 26, 07 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A black Lab who gained national attention with his rescue work at the World Trade Center site and later searched for Hurricane Katrina survivors has died. Jake, who lived in Utah, was 12 years old and suffering from cancer. Abandoned as a puppy with a broken leg, Jake helped train... More »

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World Trade Center • September 11 • rescue dogs • dog

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