AMY WESTFELDT

Associated Press Writer
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Big US towers going cheap in distressed market

The 40-story skyscraper sits on a prime corner in the country's wealthiest commercial market, steps from the Museum of Modern Art and a few blocks from Rockefeller Center and Central Park.

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WTC office towers could be put off for decades

Construction of several ground zero office towers could be put off for decades because of the failing real estate market, the site's owners said Thursday, citing an analysis that projected one skyscraper might not be built and occupied until 35 years after Sept. 11.

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Former NY Rep. Fossella pleads guilty to DUI

Former Rep. Vito Fossella pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges in a Virginia court on Monday, the day a jury trial was to begin in the case that ruined his political career. The former congressman said he was moved in part by last week's drunken-driving accident that killed a Los Angeles Angels pitcher.

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Beatle's girlfriend sometimes misses transit work

Nancy Shevell beamed for hundreds of cameras in London's Leicester Square, a green silk jacket on one arm and Paul McCartney on the other. The 49-year-old trucking heiress dazzled on the red carpet at a movie premiere with the ex-Beatle, her boyfriend of 18 months.

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Historic drop for Manhattan housing market

The recession has hammered confidence in the Manhattan real estate market, with first quarter sales falling to their lowest number in decades, experts said.

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Critics call WTC tower name change unpatriotic

Even without the name, the symbolism of the Freedom Tower as an American response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks was hard to miss.

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Faulty rigging blamed in deadly NYC crane collapse

Workers used the wrong kind of slings and put them in an incorrect place on a crane that collapsed and killed seven people last year, a city report concluded Wednesday.

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Study: 9/11 lung problems persist years later

Researchers tracking Sept. 11 responders who became ill after working at the World Trade Center site found many had lung problems years later in a study the authors said proves persistent illness in people exposed to toxic dust caused by the twin towers' collapse.

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Hudson River hero is ex-Air Force fighter pilot

Civil engineer Robert Bea wasn't surprised when he learned the name of the cool-headed pilot who guided his hobbled jetliner over the city and landed it in the Hudson River. The pilot, after all, had been studying crisis management.

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Hudson River hero is ex-Air Force fighter pilot

Civil engineer Robert Bea wasn't surprised when he learned the name of the cool-headed pilot who guided his hobbled jetliner over the city and landed it in the Hudson River. The pilot, after all, had been studying crisis management.

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9/11 museum gets 40-year-old model of twin towers

These twin towers stand 7 feet tall and are made of plastic.

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NYC dodges prosecution in deadly ground zero fire

Prosecutors castigated city officials Monday but declined to charge them with any crimes in the deaths of two firefighters at a ground zero skyscraper, despite repeated failures to detect hazards that turned the tower into a death trap.

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9/11 families protest fairness of Gitmo trials

Two dozen family members of Sept. 11 victims signed a letter Wednesday saying they don't believe in the fairness of the military trials of five men charged with orchestrating the terrorist attacks, and some suggested their opinions cost them attendance at the proceedings.

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Ramp that was gateway to ground zero coming down

A ramp that has carried Sept. 11 victims and their mourners, the president and the pope in and out of ground zero is coming down.

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WTC owner, developer in arbitration over late fees

The agency that owns ground zero and developer Larry Silverstein went to an arbitrator Wednesday to resolve a multimillion-dollar dispute over a land turnover that has stalled rebuilding.

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Construction industry: NYC regulations overzealous

It takes a lot of paper to raise a crane in New York City these days.

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Freedom Tower concrete testing company indicted

A company that tests concrete at New York City construction projects has been indicted on racketeering charges, though officials point out that the material used at two of its well-known projects — Yankee Stadium and the Freedom Tower skyscraper at ground zero — have passed strength tests.

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Reports warn of problems at ground zero hub in NYC

The glittering, steel and glass domed rail hub had seemed for years to be the only thing that was going right at ground zero.

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WTC owners rewrite expectations at ground zero

The owners of the World Trade Center site announced a delay in the completion of a multibillion-dollar transit hub Thursday but pledged to open a nearly finished Sept. 11 memorial by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

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Solemn rituals mark seventh anniversary of 9/11

Familiar rituals of grief marked the seventh anniversary of Sept. 11 on Thursday as thousands paid tribute at the attack sites, the presidential candidates laid flowers at ground zero and children mourned parents they can barely remember.

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Nation marks 7th anniversary of terror attacks

The nation paused Thursday morning to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with heartfelt remembrances at the World Trade Center site, the dedication of a memorial at the Pentagon and a planned visit to ground zero by the presidential candidates.

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Nation marks 7th anniversary of terror attacks

The nation paused Thursday to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with heartfelt remembrances at the World Trade Center site, the dedication of a memorial at the Pentagon and a planned visit to ground zero by the presidential candidates.

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Nation marks 7th anniversary of terror attacks

The nation paused Thursday to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a heartfelt ceremony at the World Trade Center site, the dedication of a memorial at the Pentagon and a planned visit to ground zero by the presidential candidates.

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New 9/11 museum building design evokes twin towers

The latest design for the Sept. 11 memorial entrance pavilion has a facade that evokes the World Trade Center's twin towers, and builders still hope the memorial will open by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

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