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TV coverage of 9/11 moving, thoughtful
Sun Television CriticTelevision yesterday took America on a marvelous journey of remembrance, sorrow, symbolism and resolution. The road of coverage was a long and bumpy one that at times during the afternoon did not seem well planned at some networks and cable channels. But...Tags: Television Industry, Statue of Liberty, New York City, CNN (tv network), Culture
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Initial 9/11 plot bigger, panel reports
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The al-Qaida figure who planned the Sept. 11 attacks initially envisioned an even more devastating plot to hijack 10 planes and crash nine of them into nuclear power plants, FBI headquarters and buildings in California, but was overruled by...Tags: Family, Air Transportation Delays, Human Mishaps, Aircraft Hijacking, Police Investigations
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BWI growth trend nears lead
Sun StaffIf current trends continue, Baltimore-Washington International Airport will handle more than 20 million passengers this year and emerge as the busiest of the region's three major commercial airports. That means there will be more cars and more parking...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Justice System, Thanksgiving
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US Air to lay off 11,000, cut schedule
Sun StaffThe financial devastation hitting the airline industry hit home yesterday as US Airways Group Inc., the second-biggest operator at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, said it will cut about 11,000 jobs and trim its flight schedule by 23 percent....Tags: Lobbying, Heads of State, Air Transportation Delays, AirTran, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Who and what to watch in 2001
Places and prospects Housing How the housing sector will perform is critical to the area's economy. New homes drive demand for building materials such as lumber, siding, brick and Sheetrock, and fuel construction and supplier jobs. Consumers buying both...Tags: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Long Term Care, Multi-Sport Events, Layoffs and Downsizing, Ciena Corporation
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Bush braces nation for battle
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Declaring that "freedom itself is under attack," President Bush told Congress and the nation last night that the United States was prepared to lead an all-out battle to disrupt and defeat a global web of terrorism. Bush, trying to rally...Tags: Executive Branch, New York City, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Taliban, Civil Unrest
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9/11 victim calmly describes hijack on haunting tape
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The tape of Betty Ong's voice yesterday, alive and urgent yet amazingly calm, describing through the background buzz how a group of hijackers had stabbed two of her fellow flight attendants and taken over the first plane that slammed into the...Tags: Transportation, Aircraft Hijacking, American Airlines, Inc., Transportation Accidents, Air Transportation
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Families of 9/11 victims face difficult choice
Chicago TribuneNEW YORK - With today's deadline of applying for a compensation fund set up by Congress, families of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks are facing a tough decision. Do they submit claims, or do they persevere with a potentially long-shot legal...Tags: Family, Transportation, Terrorism, Trials, American Airlines, Inc.
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U.S. economy proved resilient
Sun StaffMuch has been written about heroes in the past year, but the unsung hero has been the American consumer, who almost single-handedly prevented the country from plunging into a deep and prolonged recession. Immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,...Tags: Business Enterprises, Hotels and Accommodations, Federal Reserve, Consumers, Apartments
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Tracking the terrorists
Sun National StaffNEW YORK - Volunteers pulled apart wreckage and investigators pulled together clues in the wake of Tuesday's hijacked-airliner attacks, with workers on both fronts focusing on two questions pertaining to the terrorists, as well as to their victims: who...Tags: Industrial Accidents, U.S. Department of Defense, Justice System, White House, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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In memoriam
Darin Pontell Life was good for Darin Howard Pontell of Columbia: He married in March, loved his job at the Pentagon and just two weeks ago celebrated his 26th birthday with his wife, Devora Volk, parents, in-laws and grandfather. Now Pontell, a Navy...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Business Enterprises, Family, Roman Catholicism
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Doubt arises on identities of hijackers
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said yesterday that the identities of several of the suicide hijackers now are in doubt, complicating the work of investigators trying to create intricate personal and financial profiles of the attackers....Tags: Aircraft Hijacking, Police Investigations, Justice System, FBI, Air Transportation
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