Articles filed under Terrorism
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9/11 an inspiration to young military recruitsSep 03, 2011 6:00 am - SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Casey Owens remembers this about Sept. 11, 2001: He was home from school sick, lying in his mom’s bed and watching cartoons on TV. He was 7 year...
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For parents and kids alike, 9/11 left its imprintsSep 03, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — David Rand cheerfully acknowledges he’s an overprotective father. An ex-Marine who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, he’s also a single dad to 5-year-old Emma. ...
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Schools find lessons in 9/11Sep 03, 2011 6:00 am - ATLANTA — It was about three years ago, the first time Jerry Swiatek got to the 9/11 portion of his social studies class and had some freshmen say they’d never seen foot...
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For presidents, the legacy of Sept 11 has no endSep 03, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The country has moved on. To the presidents who lead it, Sept. 11 never ends. The ramifications of the worst terrorist attack in American history live on, b...
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U.S. is safer, but not safe enoughSep 03, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — We are safer, but not safe enough. In the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks, the government has taken giant steps to protect the nation from terrorists, spe...
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Costs of 9/11 attacks still haunt U.S. economySep 03, 2011 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It took just a few hours for the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center to destroy a symbol of U.S. capitalism. A decade later, the financial damage...
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‘Lone wolf’ terror now seen as biggest threatSep 03, 2011 6:00 am - HAMBURG — After 9/11, it was the men who went to radicalized mosques or terror boot camps who were seen as the biggest terror threat. Today, that picture’s changed: Auth...
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How the U.S. marked the 10th anniversary of Pearl HarborSep 03, 2011 6:00 am - HONOLULU — After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, newspapers from Boston to Bakersfield, Calif., reached into the distant past to find the words to capture the moment for...
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Tillman’s memory sparks action, not wordsSep 03, 2011 6:00 am - TEMPE, Ariz. — The south steps of Arizona State’s football stadium became a shrine in the days after Pat Tillman’s death, covered in flags and flowers, signs and memento...
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10 years, 21,000 bone fragments, no 9/11 closureSep 03, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — His family has his spare firefighter uniform, but not the one he wore on 9/11 — or any other trace of him. Killed at the World Trade Center, 32-year-old Scott...