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More Cops Have Died From 9/11-Related Diseases Than Those Who Died On 9/11

The number of NYPD officers who fatally succumbed from 9/11-related illnesses has now surpassed the number of officers killed in the attacks, according to the New York State Police Officers' Memorial in Albany.

Obama, Michelle to Attend 9/11 Museum Dedication on May 15

President Obama and the First Lady will attend the dedication of the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York on May 15, a White House official said.

The White House had no immediate additional details. More.

9/11 museum unveils online registry for survivors, rescue workers

A museum dedicated to the nearly 3,000 people who died in the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington on Wednesday unveiled online registries where survivors, rescue workers and witnesses can share their memories.

Canary Wharf was next target after 9/11, US trial hears

Al Qaeda recruit, Saajid Badat, 35, testified at the trial of British hate preacher Abu Hamza, who faces life behind bars if convicted on 11 kidnapping and terror charges after being extradited to the United States.

Badat expanded on his testimony last month at the trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, in which he had said al Qaeda had an almanac of the world's tallest buildings. More.

Queens street renamed for Mohammed Salman Hamdani, a Muslim police cadet who died helping victims at the World Trade Center on 9/11

A police cadet who died helping World Trade Center victims on 9/11 was honored Monday at a Queens street renaming -13 years after being accused of involvement in the attacks.

Residents and elected officials came together to formally rename 204th St. at 35th Ave. "Salman Hamdani Way" after Mohammed Salman Hamdani, the son of Muslim immigrants from Pakistan who lived a block from the Bayside street. More.

Brookfield to reclaim 9/11 private memorial as office space

Brookfield Office Properties plans to reclaim a private viewing room for family of September 11 victims and use it for commercial space.

Next month, the September 11 Family Room will shutter its 20th-floor space at One Liberty Plaza, a 2.3 million-square-foot Lower Manhattan tower. The closing coincides with the opening of National September 11 Memorial Museum on May 21. More.

9/11 first responder has hearing restored

Dan Moynihan said the deafness in his right ear began after spending more than a month clearing debris from Ground Zero following the destruction of the World Trade Towers in 2001.

Moynihan, a volunteer firefighter for nearly 20 years in Freeport, would be operated on in March 2012 to remove an acoustic neuroma, a noncancerous tumor, in his right ear that effects the nerve that connects the ear to the brain. More.

Faith leaders: 9/11 museum video blurs difference between Muslims and terrorists

Interfaith leaders object to a film slated to be part of an exhibit in the National September 11 Memorial Museum.

"The Rise of Al Qaeda," narrated by NBC's Brian Williams, is supposed to provide a brief history of the terrorist group. More.