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Steel goes up at WTC memorial: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Construction workers have begun to install steel for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center, marking a key milestone in the building of the national tribute that will honor the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of...; Tags: construction, Government, Museum, Steel, steel, World Trade Center; Research articles 2008-09-10
McCain, Obama swap charges about security: A debate over terrorism, security and the rule of law broke out on Tuesday as the presidential campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama exchanged pointed salvos over who could best keep the nation safe. The eruption began when John McCain's top foreign policy and national security...; Tags: Government, Obama, security, terrorism, World Trade Center; Research articles 2008-06-18
Benedict XVI to pray at New York's Ground Zero: NEW YORK AFP — Pope Benedict XVI will Sunday wrap up his first papal trip to the United States with a huge mass at Yankees' baseball stadium and a visit to the site of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. At the World Trade Center site, called Ground Zero,...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, World Trade Center; Research articles 2008-04-19
In the Final Analysis: "The entire article is unscientific and highly innacurate sic and I now question the reliability of your journal." - Crank Letter to the Editor A page-turn away from here, you'll find our latest collection of Letters to the Editor, which is a department that I love to run because it...; Tags: analysis, Government, institute, INTERNET, Manufacturing, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-11-01
Out of the ashes: another failure? That government failed the rescue, recover and cleanup workers of Sept. 11 is doubtless. Whether all levels of government can learn from their mistakes before the next catastrophe is the real "if.": [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Workers cannot be expected to bear the brunt of a local politician's hesitancy to call a hazard for what it is. Nor should they endure the misery of a workers' compensation system that is designed to frustrate the resolution of claims. Future disease exposures will likely...; Tags: Benefits, compensation, government, Miller, monitoring, worker, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-11-01

The cleanup failure: Scathing, hair-raising, depressing. All of these words can describe the Sierra Club's Sept. 2006 report on how the federal government failed, and continues to fail, at the World Trade Center health crisis. To access this resource, please visit us on the Web at www.riskandinsurance. com/story.jsp?storyId=27105208; Tags: Benefits, Government, HEALTHCARE, Sierra Club, SOFTWARE, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-10-01
SILENCE, PRAYERS, PROTESTS LOCALLY: Six years ago today, nearly 3,000 Americans were killed, and the United States was shaken as it had not been since the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. There were four planes hijacked by 19 men. The hijackers flew two planes into the World Trade Center buildings in New York...; Tags: attack, Government, SECURITY, terrorism, U.S., World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-09-11
IDs to restrict access to designated disaster areas: NEW YORK -- Retiree Gene O'Brien hurried to the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11, 2001, as a volunteer helping to shuttle supplies to police and fire workers. Some days, his only ID to get into the disaster site was a tattoo on his forearm. "A...; Tags: Government, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-09-02
IDs to restrict access to disaster areas: NEW YORK -- Retiree Gene O'Brien hurried to the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11, 2001, as a volunteer helping to shuttle supplies to police and fire workers. Some days, his only ID to get into the disaster site was a tattoo on his forearm. "A...; Tags: Government, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-09-02
IDs to restrict access to designated disaster areas: NEW YORK -- Retiree Gene O'Brien hurried to the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11, 2001, as a volunteer helping to shuttle supplies to police and fire workers. Some days, his only ID to get into the disaster site was a tattoo on his forearm. "A...; Tags: Government, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-09-02
N.Y. stiffed again in terror funding: NEW YORK -- The city where a terrorist attack destroyed the World Trade Center towers has again been stiffed in the distribution of federal anti-terrorism funding, members of the state's congressional delegation complained Saturday. The numbers are not official yet, but Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Peter King...; Tags: Government, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-07-08
Whitman is grilled over WTC dust: WASHINGTON -- Ex-EPA chief Christie Whitman was bombarded by boos and a host of accusations Monday at a hearing into her assurances that it had been safe to breathe the air around the fallen World Trade Center. The confrontation between the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency...; Tags: attack, Government, Rep., SECURITY, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, worker, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-06-26
Tempers rise at 9/11 air quality hearing: WASHINGTON -- Ex-EPA chief Christie Whitman was bombarded by boos and a host of accusations Monday at a hearing into her assurances that it had been safe to breathe the air around the fallen World Trade Center. The confrontation between the former head of the Environmental Protection...; Tags: attack, Government, Rep., SECURITY, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, worker, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-06-26
Ex-EPA Administrator Grilled Over Her Role in 9/11 Illnesses: WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> When the hijacked planes hit New York's World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Christine Todd Whitman was serving as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Monday, she was examined by a Congressional panel about whether the actions of her agency...; Tags: administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Government, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, White House, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-06-26
Freedom Tower has a willing captive.: Byline: Julie Earle-Levine Jun 06, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A Melbourne structural engineer is overseeing construction of the new building on the World Trade Center site in New York. Marc Colella says the 105-storey Freedom Tower has been designed to...; Tags: Government, Melbourne, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-06-06
Gloucester County News in Brief: Road work scheduled for Harrison Twp., Mullica Hill Gloucester County plans to make major improvements in Harrison Township and Mullica Hill to Route 322, the main link from the Commodore Barry Bridge to Route 55.In conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Transportation, which will share the cost, the county...; Tags: Government, intersection, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-05-27
Accident sparks worries about copycat attacks: Burning down a freeway is not easy. But set off enough high-octane fuel at the wrong place and even multiton supporting steel girders turn wobbly as a chocolate bar in the sun. That is what a speeding gasoline trucker managed to do before dawn Sunday to the busiest...; Tags: accident, attack, freeway, Government, SECURITY, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-04-30
DNC: Rudy Too Arrogant for America: To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Karen Finney or Dag Vega, both of the DNC, +1-202-863- 8148 WASHINGTON, April 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While campaigning in New Hampshire last night, Rudy Giuliani resorted to hurling desperate attacks about Democrats while trying to tout his national security credentials. Despite the fact that he failed to...; Tags: Associated Press, attack, Bush, Democrat, Government, Iran, Iraq, New York Times Co., SECURITY, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-04-25
Developers cast doubt on designs and timeline for Freedom Tower: Developers Douglas Durst and Anthony E. Malkin launched a major advertising campaign this week in a bid to block a proposal by Governor Eliot Spitzer and New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine to fast track the construction of the Freedom Tower using current design plans. The two industry powerhouses claim...; Tags: Government, Tower, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-02-28
AIDS worse than 9/11: Kirby.: Byline: Mark Dodd Feb 20, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- An Australian High Court judge has questioned the level of danger posed by terrorism. Justice Michael Kirby says the US is obsessed with the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center...; Tags: Government, terrorism, World Trade Center; Research articles 2007-02-20