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United Airlines not liable for alleged 9/11 security lapse: judge

United Airlines

United Airlines bears no responsibility for suspected security lapses at a Maine airport that allowed hijackers onto the American Airlines plane that crashed into one of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, a federal judge ruled.

 

An illuminated view of the National 9/11 Memorial

View a 180 degree panorama of the World Trade Center site

 

Bush to be in NYC to mark 10th anniversary of 9/11

Bush to be in NYC to mark 10th anniversary of 9/11

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says former President George W. Bush will be among the dignitaries at a World Trade Center site ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

 

Atheists sue to block 'WTC cross' from 9/11 memorial

Atheists sue to block 'WTC cross' from 9/11 memorial

Atheists have sued to prevent cross-shaped steel girders from the destroyed World Trade Center towers from being included in the official Sept. ...

 

Evidence lacking for link between 9/11 and cancer

Evidence lacking for link between 9/11 and cancer

There is not enough evidence to say whether the dust and smoke cloud produced by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center caused cancer, federal officials found in a report released on Tuesday.

 

Obama signs Sept. 11 first responders bill

President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill to provide aid to survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks and first responders who became ill working in the ruins at the World Trade Center.

 

House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders

A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.

 

Judge: $575M Settlement Rejected For 9/11 'Heroes'

A federal judge rejected a multimillion dollar settlement for people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal to compensate 10,000 police officers, firefighters and other laborers didn't contain enough money.

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Friday rejected a legal settlement that would have given at least $575 million to the victims, saying the deal shortchanged ground zero workers whom he called heroes.

 

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