First rebuilt skyscraper opens in downtown Manhattan
The first rebuilt skyscraper since 9 11 opened for business with advanced security and few tenants. Larry Silverstein officially launched the 52 story tower with a Balloon Flower sculpture and a concert by Lou Reed and Suzanne Vega.
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Maryland sniper trial focuses on sanity and memory
In Rockville Maryland during a four hour cross examination John Allen Muhammad pressed Lee Boyd Malvo on sanity and memory while Malvo testified he was indoctrinated by Muhammad. The hearing centers on Maryland murder charges linked to the 2002 Washington area shootings.
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Funeral toll rises in Kentucky mine disaster and Hoffa search
In Kentucky the sole survivor attended a church service for five miners with two funerals held on Wednesday for Paris Thomas Jr. and George Petra, and two more planned for Amon Brock and Roy Middleton. Separately in Michigan a 75,000 pound excavator began destroying a barn in Milford Township as the FBI searches for Jimmy Hoffa remains near Detroit. In Mount Vernon, Virginia Franklin France and the Birth of America by Stacy Schiff won a Pulitzer Prize, with the Washington College and Gilder Lehrman Institute prize honoring history writers and recognizing Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton biography.
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