Reconstruction of the World Trade Center site is over budget and won't be finished by the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that destroyed the twin towers, the owners reported Monday.

"The rebuilding effort is not where it should be," says New York Gov. David Paterson. picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago

A new study says "the World Trade Center won't be fully rebuilt and occupied until 2037 - a full 36 years after terrorists reduced it to rubble." All politics picked by suebe 8 months ago

Excavation at the World Trade Center site has uncovered, among other geologic features, a 40-foot glacial pothole. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The artist, Douglas Edric Stanley, explains his reason for the art installation at a games convention. More from his website including video link. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Seven years after the attack on the World Trade Center, the NYC medical examiner has ruled that the October 2008 death of 45-year-old Leon Heyward was caused by cancer he got from breathing in toxic dust at Ground Zero. picked by suebe 11 months ago

FBI fears his illness could trigger a wave of terrorist attacks. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Freedom Tower, the building known as One World Trade Center, was planned with a patriotic height 1,776-foot height, with the help of a spire with a broadcast antenna inside. But now it looks like that will have to change. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Human remains that appear to be from World Trade Center victims were found by utility workers in a manhole at the northern edge of the site, a Port Authority official said Thursday. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

360 degree panorama taken from the top of one of the World Trade Center towers just over a year before they were destroyed. Allows pan and zoom. picked by tigertony 2 years ago

The first steel columns of a new Freedom Tower were raised at the World Trade Center site on Tuesday, more than five years after 2,749 people died when the Twin Towers were hit by two hijacked airliners and collapsed.
Now with pictures picked by teaya21 3 years ago

The center, called ReSTART, is somewhat ironically located near Redmond, headquarters of Microsoft and a world center of the computer industry. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

Enter your surname in World Names Profiler and find its orgin and density on a world map.

The site has been compiled by researchers from the University College London. picked by DoggyLives 1 year ago

I'm sure that this was posted before long ago but given it's the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in NY, I figured it was worth a repost. I searched and didn't see it come up recently. Bill Biggart was a photographer who found himself caught at the site of the WTC when the attacks started to happen. He captured what he saw in 150 photographs, before being killed when th... read full post picked by sidran32 1 year ago

Awesome Collection of smallest thing in the world really

(Some images on page NSFW) picked by icemann 3 years ago

If you loved the old Super Mario World, and you like Barack Obama, you’ll love Super Obama World game. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Google Trends, which shows hot queries on Google at any given time, is sporting a nasty item at no. 2 today: a plane flying into two towers. picked by suebe 11 months ago

He feels, based on the maneuvers he witnessed, the pilot was not a novice flight school graduate, but probably an experienced military aviator. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

Between the hybrids, the reusable canvas shopping bags and cloth diapers, everybody's doing their little bit to save the world. Entire industries have sprang up to cater to us socially-responsible types who want to leave behind a better world for the robots to inherit once they take over. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

ROME. The news that Irish rock group U2 will release a new album in March has been hailed with relief and joy throughout the developing world. Millions of grateful peasants and refugees mobbed aid workers in Africa and Asia, offering sacrifices of new crops and young lambs to lead singer Bono for gracing the world with yet another insight into poverty. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

A few years ago, a number of brave intelligent men and women from the land of JaxWorth set out for the shores of Nova Roma. This was the New World discovered in the 15th century by Roman sailors traveling across the Pacific in search of a route to trade with India. Basically it was a shared-world created by Donteatpoop, Icepigs, and others. They imagined a world where Rome never fell and went o... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago