Freedom Tower redesign aims for safety and symbolism
New York Governor Pataki announced a revised redesign of the Freedom Tower to boost security while preserving a 1,776 foot height. He will oversee rebuilding ground zero, earmark 300 million for the Sept. 11 memorial, and coordinate with NYPD, LMDc, Port Authority, and DOT. A National Sports Museum will host the Heisman Trophy with about one million annual visitors.
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Pataki
Association For A Better
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NYPD
Freedom Tower
John Cahill
Lower Manhattan Development Corp
Port Authority of
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Department of Transportation
Silverstein Properties
Trade Center
Cahill
Goldman Sachs & Co
FBI sting nets 16 current and former US personnel in drug bribery plot
Justice Department officials say 16 current and former soldiers and law enforcement personnel in Arizona pleaded guilty to participating in a bribery conspiracy linked to a phony cocaine trafficking ring set up by FBI agents. The scheme allowed drug shipments to pass through border checkpoints, with penalties up to five years in prison and fines up to 251000 per defendant, as more arrests are anticipated.
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Arizona
U.S
Justice Department
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Arizona Army National Control
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Huvie Sk
America
Jana D. Monroe
Bareai
Brigada
auLing & Hows
FBI
C. Richter
Monroe
John M. Castil
Smc
INS
Nogales
Jussue Department
Abu Ghraib trial opens for Harman in second case
Opening statements in the second Abu Ghraib prison abuse case center on Spc. Sahvin Harman who faces five counts of mistreating detainees over the Gilligan incident. Prosecutors say Harman forced a hooded inmate onto a box with wires as punishment, while the defense claims the act was a joking sleep deprivation tactic.
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Army
Chuck Neill
Attormey Franky
Tour Rs Andlour
Cillipan
Spinner
Warren Worth
Harman
Gilligan
Worth
Abu Ghraib
Condem
Lorton
Charles Graner Jr
O Maitress
Air France Flight Diverted For No Fly List Match
An Air France A330 en route from Paris to Boston diverted to Bangor Maine to check a passenger with a name and birthdate matching a no fly list entry. Authorities detained four relatives briefly before confirming a coincidence. all released and continued to Boston.
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Maine
Air France
Paris
Boston
Rebecca Hupp
Bangur
Elf
Ann Davi
Transportation Security Administration
Sureune
U.S
Leah Yoon
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Bangor Daily News
Cessna near White House tests Washington security alerts
A small Cessna flew within three miles of the White House forcing evacuations as Washington raised alert levels. DHS and DOD coordinated a rapid response with jets firing warning flares while pilots described the incident as controlled and not escalating to deadly threat.
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White House
Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
Washington Landarks
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Defense
Ridge
NBC
Capitol
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
American climber Viesturs scales Annapurna to join world peaks
Ed Viesturs of Bainbridge Island Washington becomes the first American to climb all 14 mountains over 26,240 feet, reaching Annapurna with Finnish climber Veikka Gustafsson after delays from high winds. The feat adds him as the 12th person to achieve the height barrier, continuing a long Himalayan ascent without bottled oxygen.
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Si Viestuss
Bainbringe
Island
Wash
Reinhold Messner
Viesturs
Veikka Gustafsson
Montis
Evernst
Jon Krakaner
Maurice Herzog
Viestur
Kangchenjunga
Indi
Vimalayan
Eran
Daly
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Tim Lehmann
Lehmann
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