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Stuntwoman sues News Corp. over alleged phone hack

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:59:18 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain information about the actress.

Government has history of secrecy, spying, leaks

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:48:41 -0400

WASHINGTON - It isn't the first time that the federal government has been caught spying on Americans or that classified government information has been leaked to the news media or otherwise widely distributed. The Vietnam War and civil-rights protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s generated plenty of surveillance and secrecy. And leaks.

Angel evokes tragedies at service for NY teen

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:58:38 -0400

WARWICK, New York - After Joseph and Betty Ginley's firefighter son was killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, they found some solace in the tall steel angels crafted as memorials by sculptor Lei Hennessy-Owen.

Glitches in new NYC 911 system

Fri, 31 May 2013 17:00:50 -0400

NEW YORK - Operators at the nation's largest 911 hub were forced to use pen and paper to communicate emergencies to dispatchers this week when a piece of the new system stalled, the latest glitch in the $2 billion effort to modernize New York City's aging system that failed during the Sept. 11 attacks.

9/11 WTC remains to stay in more secure facility

Tue, 28 May 2013 16:17:56 -0400

NEW YORK - The New York City chief medical examiner's office says the remains of Sept. 11 World Trade Center victims will be kept at a forensic laboratory building because the previous location was damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

Mass. Senate candidates spar on homeland security

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:38:40 -0400

BOSTON - The candidates running in the special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts traded barbs Monday over homeland security in an exchange that pointed to an increasingly sharp tone between the two.