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

An airport employee checks a passenger's boarding passes as he enters a security checkpoint in terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona November 22, 2006. REUTERS/Jeff ToppingReuters - 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)

Supreme Court police officers stand in front of the US Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC. 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.(AFP/File/Manny Ceneta)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)
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)
AP - 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.

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AP - 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)

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, second from left, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2009, to announce the introduction of the James Zagroda 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. From left are, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Bloomberg, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - 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)
AP - 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)
AP - 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)

FILE — In a Monday, Sept. 24, 2007 file photo, sculptor Stan Watts stands in front of his three-times lifesize, bronze sculpture, To Lift A Nation, in Kearns, Utah. A The towering sculpture of three New York City firefighters raising the U.S. flag at ground zero was financed by investor fraud, federal regulators say. Now the 40-foot bronze statue is for sale.(AP Photo/Fred Hayes, File)AP - 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)

Cloned puppies Trust, Solace, Prodigy, Valor and Dejavu in Los Angeles. The 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.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)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.




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