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US Special Operations Forces Have Become Much Scarier Since 9/11 - Business Insider Australia

Fri, 05/10/2013 - 10:56am

Business Insider Australia

US Special Operations Forces Have Become Much Scarier Since 9/11
Business Insider Australia
“Their real days of glory … really only started after 9/11,” Colonel Walter Patrick Lang, who spent much of his career in covert operations, told Scahill. “They didn't do a lot of fighting before that.” Known within the covert ops community as ninjas ...

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Republican strategist: Benghazi 'much worse' than 9/11 - Raw Story

Fri, 05/10/2013 - 9:10am

Raw Story

Republican strategist: Benghazi 'much worse' than 9/11
Raw Story
Republican strategist Jack Burkman on Thursday asserted that the 2012 attacks in Benghazi that killed four Americans were “much worse” than the original attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 that killed almost 3,000 people because of “the level of how things were ...

5/10: 9/11 memorial info, Jimmy Connors book excerpt, Steals and Deals and more - Today.com (blog)

Fri, 05/10/2013 - 5:30am

5/10: 9/11 memorial info, Jimmy Connors book excerpt, Steals and Deals and more
Today.com (blog)
Find a list of the men, women and children killed in attacks on the World Trade Center, as they're inscribed on the 9/11 Memorial, here. Do you have a valuable item to sell? Tell us what's in your closet and you may be featured on TODAY. Get Mother's ...

Ship honoring 9/11 victims to be commissioned in Phila. - Philly.com - Philly.com

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 11:01pm

Philly.com

Ship honoring 9/11 victims to be commissioned in Phila. - Philly.com
Philly.com
WASHINGTON – A Navy ship, named in honor of the passengers and crew who died aboard United Flight 93, will be commissioned in Philadelphia - 200 miles from the abandoned coal field in Somerset County where the plane was forced down on 9/11.
Senators: Amphib Somerset commissioning to be in PhillyNavyTimes.com

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Groundbreaking for local 9/11 memorial scheduled for May 16 - GoErie.com

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 3:42pm

Groundbreaking for local 9/11 memorial scheduled for May 16
GoErie.com
The event will take place at 2 p.m. near the intersection of East Bayfront Parkway and Holland Street, in front of the Blasco Library, said former Erie City Councilman Mark Aleksandrowicz, chairman of the local 9/11 Memorial Committee. County ...

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Weekender: Dallas Area Concerts for May 9-11 - D Magazine

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 2:59pm

Weekender: Dallas Area Concerts for May 9-11
D Magazine
Ralph White/Brent Best/Kirkland James/William Bryan Massey III (Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios): Local songwriter and Slobberbone front-person, Brent Best, will be joined in a collaborative performance by the headlining Ralph White, accompanying him ...

What TSA Whistleblower Robert MacLean Tells Us About Post-9/11 Security - Mother Jones

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 1:25pm

Mother Jones

What TSA Whistleblower Robert MacLean Tells Us About Post-9/11 Security
Mother Jones
What do words mean in a post-9/11 world? Apart from the now clichéd Orwellian twists that turn brutal torture into mere enhanced interrogation, the devil is in the details. Robert MacLean is a former air marshal fired for an act of whistleblowing. He ...

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'Reluctant Fundamentalist' preaches post-9/11 complexity - STLtoday.com

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 10:01am

Hindustan Times

'Reluctant Fundamentalist' preaches post-9/11 complexity
STLtoday.com
In the first year of the new millennium, Changez (Riz Ahmed) is living the American dream. The handsome son of a Pakistani poet, the recent Princeton graduate is the youngest associate at a powerful firm on Wall Street. His girlfriend Erica (Kate ...
Don't confuse 'The Reluctant…' with 9/11 story: Mira NairDAWN.com
The Reluctant Fundamentalist not about 9/11: Mira NairHindustan Times
`The Reluctant Fundamentalist` not about 9/11: Mira Nair - Zee NewsZee News
MSN UK -Montreal Gazette
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Metro Race/Ride Calendar May 9-11 - Jackson Clarion Ledger (blog)

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 8:09am

Jackson Clarion Ledger (blog)

Metro Race/Ride Calendar May 9-11
Jackson Clarion Ledger (blog)
This week's rundown also serves as a reminder that the Black Girls RUN! Preserve the Sexy Tour makes a stop in Jackson Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Jackson Medical Mall. Online registration is $35 through Friday at www.blackgirlsrun.com; $40 ...

Proposed 9/11 museum admission charge is too steep - SILive.com

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 6:15am

Proposed 9/11 museum admission charge is too steep
SILive.com
It is stunning that the organization building the 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center plans to charge a lofty admission fee. Blame a lack of sensible planning. For Staten Islanders, who lost so much at Ground Zero — indeed for all New Yorkers — the ...
GMCT: Admission feee to 9/11 museumWTNH

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Readers sound off on Gov. Cuomo, abortion, 9/11 and Benghazi - New York Daily News

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 3:02am

New York Daily News

Readers sound off on Gov. Cuomo, abortion, 9/11 and Benghazi
New York Daily News
Dumont, N.J.: To Voicer Liz McIntosh: President George W. Bush did exactly what he should have done when notified of the 9/11 attacks while reading to a classroom of children in Florida that morning. The few minutes he took to finish the book showed ...

Chico firefighters propose 9/11 memorial with World Trade Center remnant - Enterprise-Record

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 2:10am

Chico firefighters propose 9/11 memorial with World Trade Center remnant
Enterprise-Record
A few years ago, a piece of steel from the World Trade Center was donated to the city. It will likely be used in a 9/11 memorial at Fire Station 5.(Frank Rebelo/Staff Photo)<p class='dotPhoto'>All Chico E-R photos are available <a ...

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Widow of late NYPD detective fighting for 9 / 11 ben . . . - New York Daily News

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 1:30am

New York Daily News

Widow of late NYPD detective fighting for 9 / 11 ben . . .
New York Daily News
The NYPD pension board Wednesday punted on an application to grant Weiner's widow a line-of-duty pension back to a panel of doctors that previously ruled his pancreatic cancer existed before Sept. 11, 2001. "My brother lived for ... His widow Linda ...

Absecon Receives World Trade Center Steel, Plans Underway For 9/11 Memorial - KYW Newsradio

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 1:05am

Absecon Receives World Trade Center Steel, Plans Underway For 9/11 Memorial
KYW Newsradio
ABSECON, N.J., (CBS) – After hundreds of phone calls, emails, text messages, and letters for firefighter Jim Smith, a piece of the World Trade Center steel has made its way to Absecon. One firefighter's vision has become a reality for the city. Smith ...

Mayoral candidate Joe Lhota stirs 9/11 fury by calling Port Authority police ... - New York Daily News

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 12:05am

New York Daily News

Mayoral candidate Joe Lhota stirs 9/11 fury by calling Port Authority police ...
New York Daily News
Paul Nunziato, head of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, thinks Lhota should apologize to the '37 [Port Authority PD] families from 9/11, [their] children and everyone who wears a police uniform.' “They suffered enough and then they've ...

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Joe Lhota apologizes for 'mall cops' remark about Port Authority - New York Daily News

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 9:02pm

New York Daily News

Joe Lhota apologizes for 'mall cops' remark about Port Authority
New York Daily News
Paul Nunziato, head of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, thinks Lhota should apologize to the '37 [Port Authority PD] families from 9/11, [their] children and everyone who wears a police uniform.' “They suffered enough and then they've ...
Lhota Facing Anger After He Likens Port Authority Police to 'Mall Cops'New York Times (blog)
Lhota Slammed For 'Offensive' Comment Labeling Port Authority Police 'Mall Cops'CBS Local
Mayoral Candidate Joe Lhota Sorry for Calling Port Authority Police "Mall Cops"NBC New York

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9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Removed from UN Panel After B'nai B'rith Request - Algemeiner

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 8:28pm

9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Removed from UN Panel After B'nai B'rith Request
Algemeiner
A former MI5 intelligence officer who has said that the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were orchestrated by the U.S. government “as a pretext for war and… to erode our freedom” has been removed from a June 6 United Nations panel discussion in New ...

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Should New Yorkers Be Upset Over 9/11 Memorial Site's Online Reservation Fee? - Yahoo! News

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 5:41pm

Should New Yorkers Be Upset Over 9/11 Memorial Site's Online Reservation Fee?
Yahoo! News
While the $2 service fee will be waived for relatives of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, some residents think it's an outrage that this charge exists at all. Construction Costs. "Families of those killed in the September 11 ...

Two New Jersey men charged with running 9/11 scam - CNN

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 11:49am

NBC New York

Two New Jersey men charged with running 9/11 scam
CNN
(CNN) -- Two New Jersey men are facing charges of running a 9/11 memorial scam allegedly by collecting donations and selling memorial T-shirts from the back of a pickup truck painted with the World Trade Center towers, according to the state attorney ...
Money Raised For 9/11 Victims' Families Allegedly Went To These Two Guys ...Gothamist
NJ pair indicted for allegedly running bogus 9/11 charity, keeping proceeds to ...NJ.com
NJ Men Charged in Alleged 9/11 Charity ScamChronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) (blog)
NBC New York -Patch.com
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State Won't Say Who Told Clinton on 9/11/12 Benghazi was Being Justified 'As ... - CNSNews.com

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 11:18am

State Won't Say Who Told Clinton on 9/11/12 Benghazi was Being Justified 'As ...
CNSNews.com
President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton bowed their heads at Andrews Air Force Base on Sept. 14, 2012, when the caskets of the Americans murdered by terrorists in Benghazi returned to the United States. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ...