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In the Pipeline: Monument to brotherhood
The twin towers will soon stand in Huntington Beach. With a little luck and a lot more money, this Sept. 11 will see the unveiling of a remarkable sculpture in front of City Hall. It will feature metallic, exact scale replicas of the World Trade...
Tags: Chris Howard, New York City, Human Interest, George W. Bush, Auction Service
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In The Pipeline: After 9/11, cops become 'brothers'
Growing up in New York, I watched the twin towers of the World Trade Center going up in the early 1970s. I recall how, at times, one of the buildings was rising a few floors faster than the other. But once it was all said and done, there they were —...Tags: National Government, New York City Police Department, Manhattan (New York City), Local Government, Regional Authority
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9/11 memorial to use World Trade Center girders
Ten years ago, then-President George W. Bush held up the badge of George Howard, a police officer who died at the World Trade Center, during a session of Congress. The badge, Bush said, was "a reminder of lives that ended, and a task that does not end."...Tags: Chris Howard, New York City, Human Interest, George W. Bush, St. Patrick's Day
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Florida cargo and cruise facilities in line for a record-setting year of funding
TALLAHASSEE — Florida's seaports, including Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, are set to embark on a massive round of waterfront and transit upgrades, as the cargo and cruise facilities are in line for a record-setting year of funding from the...Tags: Panama City (Panama), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Tourism and Leisure, Port of Tampa, Tour Operations Industry
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New York's One World Trade Center spire finally goes up
New York City can once again claim to be home to the tallest building in the country, and the Western Hemisphere for that matter. On Friday, workers topped off the new One World Trade Center building with a spire making the structure 1,776 feet tall,...
Tags: New York City, Employees, One World Trade Center, Andrew Cuomo, Career and Workplace
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World Trade Center reaches new heights with permanent spire
A spire set atop One World Trade Center on Friday was greeted with cheers from workers high in the air and spectators from the street below. The 408-foot spire, draped in an American flag, brought the New York City structure to a height of 1,776 feet,...Tags: New York City, One World Trade Center, Statue of Liberty, Today (tv program), September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Board approves $285,000 for consultant to tell police how to better run department
Baltimore's spending panel on Wednesday unanimously approved $285,000 for city police to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. Despite the protests of competing...
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Boston, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Government
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Ethics report: Ex-charter school chief's 'self-dealing' cost taxpayers $1.5 million
HARRISBURG — The former head of an embattled Monroe County charter school broke state ethics and conflict-of-interest rules by funneling more than $1.5 million in taxpayer money to himself, his family, his businesses and his church, an investigative...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Corporate Officers, Religion and Belief, Internal Revenue Service, Ethics
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About 400 U.S. flights delayed as sequestration takes hold
Sequestration is starting to frustrate air travelers. About 400 flights were delayed Sunday because of air traffic controller furloughs, the Federal Aviation Administration said, and a few more interruptions were reported Monday, though the nation's air...Tags: Kennedy Airport, Unemployment, Budget Control Act of 2011, LaGuardia Airport, Career and Workplace
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Air travelers begin feeling the effects of sequestration
Sequestration is starting to frustrate air travelers. About 400 flights were delayed Sunday because of air traffic controller furloughs, the Federal Aviation Administration said, and a few more interruptions were reported Monday at Los Angeles...
Tags: Unemployment, Budget Control Act of 2011, Government Debt, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Federal Aviation Administration
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City police seek $285,000 to hire consultant
The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. But a city councilman is questioning the need for a...
Tags: Harvard University, Crime, Law and Justice, Maryland State Police, Safety of Citizens, Government
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Back Story: Buildings are gone but not forgotten
Gregory J. Alexander and Paul Kelsey Williams have combed through photo archives, and the result of their labors is "Lost Baltimore," which is a painful reminder of notable buildings that fell victim, for the most part, to fire or urban renewal. They...
Tags: Business, Arts and Culture, Edgar Allan Poe, Environmental Issues, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland)
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