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Remembering 9/11 : Essay
The south tower of the World Trade Center begins to collapse at 9:03 a.m. on September 11, 2001.

Remembering 9/11: A message from the south tower

On Sept. 11, 2001, Randy Scott scrawled a desperate note, says John Breunig. It took 10 years for that piece of paper to find Scott's family

 
Remembering 9/11 : Instant Guide
These electronic images of victims of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are part of a touch-screen display that will be featured at the 9/11 museum in downtown Manhattan.

Why the 9/11 museum still isn't open: A guide

Political squabbles have long delayed the opening of the museum. But on the 11th anniversary of the attacks, lawmakers finally offered a glimmer of hope

 
The Sikh Temple Shooting : The List
A man speaks with a police officer with a CNN television crew in the background outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, in Oak Creek, on Aug. 6: News coverage of the Sikh temple shooting as dropped off quickly in comparison to coverage of the July theater shootings in Aurora, Colo.

Why the Sikh temple shooting got less coverage than the Aurora massacre

Two mass murders happened two weeks apart, but they get very different treatment by the media. Were the Dark Knight killings that much more important?

 
The Sikh Temple Shooting : Analysis
The alleged Sikh Temple shooter Wade Michael Page: The former military man was given a "less-than-honorable" discharge in 1998 after a six-year stint in the Army.

The Sikh temple shooting suspect: Who is Wade Michael Page?

Police have released the identity of the alleged gunman, a 40-year-old former Army serviceman who reportedly fronted a white-power punk band called End Apathy

 
The Sikh Temple Shooting : Instant Guide
Wade Michael Page in an undated picture from a myspace.com web page for the musical group End Apathy: Police officers were tipped off to Page's extremist views by his tattoos, including this one with the number 14 — a reference to "the 14 words" credo of white supremacist David Lane.

The Sikh temple shooter's white-supremacist ties: A guide

From his taste for white-power punk to his membership in a hard-core white-supremacy group, a disturbing picture is emerging of Wade Michael Page

 
The Sikh Temple Shooting : Best Video
"Every day that goes by without action, 34 more people will be murdered with guns," said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a statement.

The Sikh temple shooting: The 'mayors against gun violence' video

A bipartisan coalition of mayors releases an ad urging President Obama and Mitt Romney to pursue tighter gun laws — less than an hour before the Sikh temple shooting

 
The Sikh Temple Shooting : Opinion Brief
Indian Sikhs sit and pray in protest in New Delhi, India: Sikhism has been targeted by hate groups who have confused its practitioners with Muslims since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

The Sikh temple shooting: Mistaken anti-Muslim terrorism?

Police aren't publicly speculating on why a middle-aged white gunman murdered six Sikhs. Could he be as dumb as he was cruel?

 
The Sikh Temple Shooting : Fact Sheet
A man sits on a rock as police investigate a shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wis., that left six people, plus the gunman, dead on Sunday. Sikhism has long had roots in the U.S., yet many people still don't know that it has no relation to Islam.

Sikhism in America: A guide to the targeted religion

The U.S. has had a sizable Sikh population for decades, yet we still have a poor understanding of the peace-oriented religion that originated in India

 
The Sikh Temple Shooting : Twitter Take
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The latest tweets about the Sikh temple shooting

Real-time, unfiltered commentary from around the world

 
Remembering 9/11 : Burning Question
The moon rises above One World Trade Center: The in-progress building, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, is now up to 101 stories.

The new World Trade Center: Not America's tallest building, after all?

New York was supposed to finally retake the skyscraper crown from Chicago. A local spat may deep-six that plan

 
Remembering 9/11 : Opinion Brief
The 9/11 memorial in New York features a tree-covered plaza with giant memorial pools surrounded by the victims' names: Some critics say the design fails to live up to what America lost on Sept. 11.

The 9/11 memorial: 'Poignant' or 'flawed by bad taste'?

After years of debate and delay, an eight-acre memorial at the former site of the World Trade Center opens to the public

 
Remembering 9/11 : The Bullpen
Daniel Larison

Daniel Larison: The real legacy of 9/11

A decade after the attacks, America's "war on terror" still drains resources, mars our national reputation, and undermines our alliances

 
Remembering 9/11 : Best Video
The brave passengers on Flight 93 "gave the entire country an incalculable gift," says Bill Clinton during this weekend's memorial, "and they did it as citizens."

Bill Clinton's 'perfect' United 93 memorial speech

The former president honors the downed flight's heroes for making the ultimate sacrifice so others would survive

 
Remembering 9/11 : Opinion Brief
Then-President George W. Bush used 9/11 to justify a war (in Iraq) that he already wanted to fight, argues Paul Krugman in The New York Times.

Did conservatives exploit 9/11?

Paul Krugman outrages the Right by claiming that conservatives "poisoned" the memory of 9/11 by using the tragedy to justify a political agenda

 
Remembering 9/11 : Best Video
In a somber, acoustic rendition of his 1964  classic "The Sound of Silence," Paul Simon's performance Sunday at Ground Zero was one of the weekend's most emotional 9/11 tributes

Paul Simon's 'heartbreaking' 9/11 tribute

The legendary songwriter brings Americans to tears with a Ground Zero performance of "The Sound of Silence." Does 9/11 have a new anthem?

 
Remembering 9/11 : Opinion Brief
Construction workers look up at the rising One World Trade Center tower, lighted in red, white, and blue in honor of the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

Did the post-9/11 decade make us stronger?

The U.S. has spent trillions to prevent more terrorist attacks, but some critics charge that we're barely any safer as a result

 

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