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9/11 Museum Can Keep Crossbeam Crucifix

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum can continue to display the crucifix-shaped beams found in the rubble of the World Trade Center in its "Finding Meaning" exhibition, the 2nd Circuit ruled on Monday. Two days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, construction worker Frank Silecchia found the 17-foot steel beams shaped like a cross, and brought them to the attention of other workers. The artifact soon became a focal point at many religious services held at Ground Zero. More.

IRS Fails to Advertise 9/11 Victim Tax Break

September 11th victims and their families are losing out on deserved tax breaks because of Internal Revenue Service failures. The Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief law says disability income resulting from a terror attack is not taxable. The 2002 statute also says families of those who died as a result of the attacks are entitled a refund of at least $10,000 dollars. More.

EXCLUSIVE: IRS fails to inform 9/11 victims of tax breaks, leaving many first responders without refunds

Victims of the 9/11 attacks and their families are entitled to big tax breaks, but many are missing out because the IRS isn’t telling them about the benefit. Under a law passed months after the attacks, disability income resulting from terrorism is not taxable. That means thousands of cops, firefighters and other first responders sickened after working at the site, and the families of those who’ve died, can claim $10,000, or the last three years of taxes the victim paid, whichever amount is larger.

Cancer cases DOUBLE among 9/11 World Trade Center rescuers in just one year

The number of first responders suffering from cancer after inhaling 9/11 fumes has more than doubled since last year, according to a new report. Some 1,655 cops, city workers, volunteers and locals exposed to toxins from the collapse of the World Trade Center have been diagnosed with the deadly disease, according to Mount Sinai Hospital's World Trade Center Health Program, which tracks the health of 37,000 first responders.

Military Judge severs accused 9/11 plotter from Guantanamo proceeding

A military judge ruled Thursday that one of the five defendants being tried at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for their alleged roles in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks be severed from the proceeding. The decision delivers another in a series of delays to the government’s effort to prosecute Ramzi Binalshibh, a Yemeni described as a key figure in the plot who acted as a liaison between the hijackers and al-Qaeda’s leadership in Afghanistan.

9/11 Panelists Says U.S. Terror Threat High From Hackers

The terrorist threat against the U.S. remains dangerous 10 years after the 9/11 Commission issued its first report -- only now the risk is greater online. In a report issued today, panel members who studied the 2001 attacks urge Congress to enact cybersecurity legislation, the White House to communicate the consequences of potential cyber-attacks to Americans, and leaders to work with allies to define what constitutes an online attack on another country.

9/11 panel: Terrorism fight is in 'new and dangerous phase

The global struggle against terrorism has "entered a new and dangerous phase" with growing threats posed by foreign fighters returning from the civil war in Syria and the vulnerability of critical systems to cyber attack, the original authors of the 9/11 Commission report concluded in a new analysis. Marking the 10th anniversary of the panel's landmark report, which identified an array of intelligence failures leading up to the 2001 terrorist attacks, panel chairman Tom Kean said Tuesday there was "broad agreement" on the new threats facing the nation and rest of the world.

Vice President Shares Admiration for 9/11 Generation

Vice President Joe Biden paid special tribute to the 9/11 generation during his address to more than 12,000 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the organization’s national convention in St. Louis yesterday. Biden singled out former Army Sgt. Ryan Pitts, who received the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony later in the day for his actions against more than 200 heavily armed insurgents near a small Afghanistan village in 2008. More.