http://www.mail.com/subjects/610434-september-11-attacks.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/610434-september-11-attacks.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091516-congress-rethinks-911-law-military-force.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes. Senior Pentagon officials insisted on Thursday that the law should remain unchanged as the... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:17:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091516-congress-rethinks-911-law-military-force.html 2013-05-16T20:17:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2084640-correction-immigration-story.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 14 about a Senate immigration bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported that two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers entered the U.S. on student visas. In fact only one of them did. A corrected version of the story is below: Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill Senators move to strengthen student visa secur... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:01:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2084640-correction-immigration-story.html 2013-05-15T19:01:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067080-diplomat-us-team-stopped-going-to-benghazi.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Four members of Army special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended were told not to go, according to a former top diplomat. Gregory Hicks also argued in an interview with Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that if the U.S. military ha... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:20:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067080-diplomat-us-team-stopped-going-to-benghazi.html 2013-05-07T07:20:07Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2063426-911-museum-officials-admission-fee-needed.html NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with hefty operating costs, the foundation building the 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center has decided to charge an admission fee of $20 to $25 when the site opens next year. The exact cost of the mandatory fee has not yet been decided. Entry to the memorial plaza with its twin reflecting pools will still be free. The decision to ... Sat, 04 May 2013 22:42:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2063426-911-museum-officials-admission-fee-needed.html 2013-05-04T22:42:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2056130-remains-suspected-911-airplane.html NEW YORK (AP) — Using a pulley system and sheer brawn, police removed a suspected 9/11 plane part from between two buildings near the World Trade Center site, and the medical examiner said no potential human remains had been found there. About a dozen officers raised the jagged, 255-pound metal piece, which contains cranks, levers and bolts from the groun... Wed, 01 May 2013 15:50:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2056130-remains-suspected-911-airplane.html 2013-05-01T15:50:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2051610-debris-believed-to-911-plane-wing.html NEW YORK (AP) — The rusted metal aircraft part believed to be from one of the hijacked jetliners that slammed into the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11 attacks came from a wing, not landing gear, police said Monday. The 5-foot piece is a trailing edge flap support structure, police said. It is located closer to the body of the plane and helps secure win... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:22:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2051610-debris-believed-to-911-plane-wing.html 2013-04-29T21:22:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048996-wtc-type-jet-hijacked-911.html NEW YORK (AP) — A rusted piece of airplane landing gear discovered wedged between a mosque and an apartment building and believed to be from one of the hijacked planes that destroyed the nearby World Trade Center on Sept. 11 has been confirmed as coming from the type of Boeing jet used in the attacks. Police said Saturday that detectives had been in conta... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:32:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048996-wtc-type-jet-hijacked-911.html 2013-04-28T00:32:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2048310-overseer-us-victim-funds-work-wrenching.html BOSTON (AP) — His work has immersed him in events that read like a roster of recent catastrophes, from 9/11 to the Gulf oil spill. Now, Kenneth Feinberg is adding the Boston Marathon bombings to that list. The Massachusetts native and attorney is managing the payouts from The One Fund, which was established to help victims of the explosions that killed th... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:38:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2048310-overseer-us-victim-funds-work-wrenching.html 2013-04-27T14:38:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2047736-911-plane-landing-gear-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — A rusted 5-foot-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been discovered near the World Trade Center wedged between a luxury apartment building and a mosque site that once prompted virulent national debate about Islam and free speech. The twisted metal part, jammed in a... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:38:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2047736-911-plane-landing-gear-nyc.html 2013-04-27T01:38:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2041026-calif-families-want-chance-911-scholarships.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Many of the relatives of Californians killed in the Sept. 11 attacks say they never knew that millions of dollars were raised in their name for college scholarships. Now lawmakers want to give them another chance to apply for money that an Associated Press investigation and subsequent audit found was poorly administered. The stat... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:19:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2041026-calif-families-want-chance-911-scholarships.html 2013-04-24T20:19:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039978-gop-report-faults-dept-libya-security.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An interim report released Tuesday by House Republicans faults the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for security deficiencies at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, prior to last September's deadly terrorist attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Senior Stat... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:17:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039978-gop-report-faults-dept-libya-security.html 2013-04-23T23:17:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2038378-boston-buries-dead-evidence-gathered.html BOSTON (AP) — The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had embraced a radical, anti-American strain of Islam and was the driving force behind the Boston Marathon bombing. Younger brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's condition was upgraded from serious to fair ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:59:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2038378-boston-buries-dead-evidence-gathered.html 2013-04-23T22:59:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2037068-bush-library-exhibits-911-war-katrina-recount.html DALLAS (AP) — A tour of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum begins in a bright area representing his early domestic agenda, but with one turn, visitors find themselves in a darkened room surrounded by chilling reminders of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. This contrast, symbolizing Bush's abrupt shift in priorities less than eight months int... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:51:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2037068-bush-library-exhibits-911-war-katrina-recount.html 2013-04-22T23:51:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026664-defiance-tenderness-wariness-wake-boston.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Virginia woman makes a point to get out and go jogging. A Texas mom stays in and snuggles her toddler a little closer. A nurse from Massachusetts looks over her shoulder more often while touring D.C. Strains of defiance, tenderness and wariness are interwoven as Americans are forced to do some post-9-11 rebalancing in the aftermath of ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:12:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026664-defiance-tenderness-wariness-wake-boston.html 2013-04-17T21:12:01Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2024926-nyc-strains-solidarity-with-rival-boston.html NEW YORK (AP) — A stadium full of Yankees fans stood arm in arm at the bottom of the third inning in the Bronx, singing along to "Sweet Caroline," the Boston Red Sox anthem. Irony and sarcasm were absent. Sincerity was the mood of the night. The rival teams have buried the hatchet — at least for now. Yankee fans belted the Neil Diamond hit during a game T... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:56:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2024926-nyc-strains-solidarity-with-rival-boston.html 2013-04-17T16:56:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2018956-911-memorial-charging-2-reservation-fee.html NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum must now pay a $2 service fee to reserve passes online or by phone. The fee went into effect last month, although there is no charge for admission to the memorial on the World Trade Center site. There's also no charge for same-day passes distributed on a first-come, first-served basis... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:03:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2018956-911-memorial-charging-2-reservation-fee.html 2013-04-14T19:03:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992374-human-remains-911-debris.html NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Riches pulled his firefighter son's mangled body out of the rubble at the World Trade Center, but the phone calls still filtered in years afterward. The city kept finding more pieces of his son. "They'll call you and they'll tell you, 'We found a shin bone,'" said Riches, a retired deputy fire chief. "Or: 'We found an arm bone.' We hel... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:48:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992374-human-remains-911-debris.html 2013-04-03T01:48:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984880-40-years-on-vietnam-troop-withdrawal-remembered.html Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home because of fears they would be accosted by protesters after they landed. For a Vietnamese businessman who helped the U.S. government, a rising sense of panic set in as the last combat troops left the country on March 29, 1973 and he began to contemplate what he... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984880-40-years-on-vietnam-troop-withdrawal-remembered.html 2013-03-29T03:44:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1934934-tsa-rules-knives-draw-fire-911-kin.html NEW YORK (AP) — Some family members of victims killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks said Wednesday that they are outraged by the Transportation Security Administration's decision to let passengers carry pocketknives on planes. TSA Administrator John Pistole announced Tuesday that airline passengers will be able to carry pocketknives with blades less than... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:53:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1934934-tsa-rules-knives-draw-fire-911-kin.html 2013-03-06T20:53:51Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1918874-911-victims-mom-upset-film-used-sons-words.html NEW CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman whose son died in the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center says she's upset the Oscar-winning movie "Zero Dark Thirty" used a recording of his last words without her permission. Mary Fetchet of New Canaan told CBS News and the Daily News this week that she was shocked the filmmakers didn't ask if they cou... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:55:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1918874-911-victims-mom-upset-film-used-sons-words.html 2013-02-27T14:55:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1916294-ny-marks-20th-anniversary-world-trade-bombing.html NEW YORK (AP) — The two terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, eight years apart, converged Tuesday in the form of a piece of granite — part of a memorial to those who died in 1993 that was itself destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001. The jagged fragment was displayed during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the 1993 attack. A bell tolled for a mome... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:35:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1916294-ny-marks-20th-anniversary-world-trade-bombing.html 2013-02-26T23:35:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1904040-ny-developer-airline-reneging-911-promise.html NEW YORK (AP) — A World Trade Center developer asked a judge Wednesday to disqualify American Airlines from using an "act of war" defense to dodge property liability resulting from the Sept. 11 attacks. Lawyers for the developer, Larry Silverstein, filed papers in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to urge rejection of American Airlines' claim that the 2001... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:35:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1904040-ny-developer-airline-reneging-911-promise.html 2013-02-20T21:35:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1895400-trying-to-sink-hagel-gop-takes-aim-obama.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have found a boatload of reasons to try to sink Chuck Hagel's hopes of becoming the next defense secretary. But the issue they used this week to stall his nomination — the White House's handling of last September's deadly Benghazi attack — may seem entirely unrelated to Hagel's qualifications because, well, it is. Here are so... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:44:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1895400-trying-to-sink-hagel-gop-takes-aim-obama.html 2013-02-15T20:44:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1894020-hagel-stalled-confirmation-expected.html WASHINGTON (AP) — By delaying a confirmation vote on Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary, Senate Republicans have forced Leon Panetta to remain on the job he is eager to give up. But they've also given the White House an opportunity to cast the GOP as obstructing President Barack Obama's assembly of a second-term national security team. Senate Republicans... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:42:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1894020-hagel-stalled-confirmation-expected.html 2013-02-15T08:42:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1892062-ny-town-911-workers-wages-gas-pipeline-fight.html MINISINK, N.Y. (AP) — After four months helping in ground zero recovery post-Sept. 11, New York City Police Officer Nick Russo sought respite by moving with his family to the rolling hills of Orange County, on the northern fringe of the metropolitan area. The county has gotten a reputation as a haven for generations of retired or commuting police and fire... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:46:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1892062-ny-town-911-workers-wages-gas-pipeline-fight.html 2013-02-14T16:46:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1890348-hagel-nomination-heading-to-vote-senate-floor.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A moderate Republican senator once thought to be a possible backer of Chuck Hagel's nomination to be secretary of defense said she'll oppose his confirmation, while other GOP senators signaled they may delay a floor vote on the nomination unless the White House provides more information about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:07:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1890348-hagel-nomination-heading-to-vote-senate-floor.html 2013-02-14T00:07:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1867346-panetta-dempsey-to-testify-libya-attack.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Armed Services Committee says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will testify on Thursday about the deadly assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya last September. The Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Republ... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1867346-panetta-dempsey-to-testify-libya-attack.html 2013-02-04T14:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1854800-911-fund-1st-payments-to-sick-responders.html NEW YORK (AP) — A special fund set up by Congress to compensate people who got sick after being exposed to toxic World Trade Center dust following Sept. 11 is making its first round of payments, with the initial payouts going to a group of 15 first responders with respiratory problems. The administrator who oversees the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Shei... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1854800-911-fund-1st-payments-to-sick-responders.html 2013-01-29T20:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842894-dutch-britons-germans-warned-to-leave-benghazi.html LONDON (AP) — Britain, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands urged their citizens to immediately leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, warning of an imminent threat against Westerners days after a deadly hostage crisis in neighboring Algeria. European officials told The Associated Press that schools were among the potential targets. The war... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842894-dutch-britons-germans-warned-to-leave-benghazi.html 2013-01-24T23:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1842338-wtc-workers-scrawl-graffiti-defiance-hope.html NEW YORK (AP) — On most construction projects, workers are discouraged from signing or otherwise scrawling on the iron and concrete. At the skyscraper rising at ground zero, though, they're being invited to leave messages for the ages. "Freedom Forever. WTC 9/11" is scrawled on a beam near the top of the gleaming, 104-story One World Trade Center. "Change... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1842338-wtc-workers-scrawl-graffiti-defiance-hope.html 2013-01-24T07:09:00Z