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Local Muslims join church to mark 10th anniversary of 9/11
Members of the local Muslim community joined hands with a local Quaker church in Fallston to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Dr. Rehan Khan of Masjid Al-Falaah Harford County Education Society, addressed the church congregants and shared his...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, National Security, Timothy McVeigh, Defense, Islam
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Anxiety accompanies return to skyscrapers
Associated PressOzie Lewis took a deep breath and looked up as he returned to work on the 83rd floor of Chicago's Sears Tower, the nation's tallest building. "That's way up there, so you can't help but be nervous," said Lewis, who works for an insurance company. "I just...Tags: New York City, Boeing Co., Heavy Engineering, Bank of America Corp., Employees
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Maryland's wartime economy
SunSpot StaffThe acts of terrorism in New York and Washington have damaged the stock market and larger economy. Anirban Basu, senior economist at Towson University's RESI economic research institute, recently discussed the local fallout. Has the local economy already...Tags: Stock Broking, Social Security, Finance, Maryland, T. Rowe Price
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Phone lines, Internet inundated
Sun StaffTelephone networks and Internet news sites were swamped yesterday as people searched for information and the whereabouts of family and friends after the terrorist attacks on New York and suburban Washington. Phone companies urged customers to refrain...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Google Inc., Lucent Technologies Incorporated, Hancock Building, Schaumburg
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Tempting targets in towers
Sun Architecture CriticThe same qualities that made New York's World Trade Center the ultimate symbol of American capitalism also made it an irresistible target for terrorism. Its twin towers were tall and slender. Full of people. At the tip of Manhattan. Uncommonly telegenic....Tags: Death, Architecture, Symbols and Symbolism, Local Government, Empire State Building
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DEVASTATION
Sun National StaffNEW YORK -- Terrorists carried out the most destructive attack on the United States in history yesterday, a horrifying rain of four hijacked airliners that toppled both towers of the World Trade Center in New York and destroyed a section of the Pentagon....Tags: Osama bin Laden, Television, Maryland, Government, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Welcome mat out for gay, lesbian travelers
At the kickoff of the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association's annual convention this month, that organization's strides — not to mention the entire nation's — were no more clear than on a simple United Airlines banner beside the...
Tags: United Air Lines, Transportation Industry, Trips and Vacations, Hotels and Accommodations, Air Transportation Industry
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Tornadoes in Chicago: A matter of when, not if
RedEyeThere’s a notion that it can’t happen here. Tornadoes are creatures of the plains. They lurk in cornfields--not cities. Not Chicago. Those jaw-dropping pictures snapped in the wake of the deadly tornado that tore through the Oklahoma...Tags: Tornadoes, Natural Disasters, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago Weather, Conservation
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Reporter's Notebook: 2 major carriers out of O'Hare fare poorly in satisfaction survey
The two dominant air carriers out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, United Airlines and American Airlines, scored poorly in yet another satisfaction survey, this time by J.D. Power & Associates. And Southwest Airlines, the primary carrier out...
Tags: United Air Lines, Frontier Airlines Inc., Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Airways, Spirit Airlines
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The man who considers 16 scoops of ice cream an appetizer
Las Vegas SunRyan Rodacker doesn't want a chair. The professional eater from Portland prefers to stand and wait for the beast to lurch out of the kitchen. Plus, any pro will tell you it's easier to slay beasts standing up. It's Thursday afternoon at Windy City...Tags: Ice Cream, Heart Attack Grill, Breads, Foods and Beverages, Sammy Sosa
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Roosevelt student overcomes family struggles to graduate
For RedEyeSeven months before the start of her freshman year at Roosevelt University, Mariana Luna’s life changed. Around 4 a.m. one day in 2008, Luna’s mother got a call from her father’s co-worker. Luna’s dad was an industrial painter,...Tags: Soldier Field, Health and Medical Professionals, Chicago Transit Authority, Health and Safety at School, Teachers
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