The New York Times, citing port authority officials, reported the memorial will be ready by August 2011. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the memorial foundation have been lobbying for the early public opening of the $610 million memorial before Sept. 11,

Shepard was a student at the University when he was attacked because of his sexual orientation. He died five days after being tied to a fence outside Laramie where he had been brutally beaten and left to die in October

The man, whom DIA did not identify, made the comment before the plane's take off, saying he had a C-4 explosive in his carry-on luggage on Northwest flight 552 bound for Minneapolis.

U.S. National Hurricane Center officials have issued hurricane watches for coastal Maine.

The other patient survived the helicopter crash, but the pilot and an EMS and paramedic aboard the Maryland State Police helicopter were killed. It was the worse accident in the 47-year history of the state's aviation unit, officials said.

The decision to end the ban on drilling is considered a victory for Republicans and a defeat for environmentalists. With recent gas price hikes, ending the ban on drilling had even gathered in Florida, despite the fact that the state

Police and the family and friends of Jennifer Lee Hampton, 21, of Waterloo, Alabama, are awaiting autopsy results to determine whether the body is in fact that of Hampton, who went missing under suspicious circumstances.

Sgt. David Cobb, 38, had been suspended from the police force without pay after being arrested on suspicion of hiring a hit man to kill his wife, who was shot to death in a CVS parking lot on Dec. 26

The Associated Press reported that Omar Yoguez Singu, 32, confessed to killing Marcella Grace Eiler with a machete after an argument on Sept. 15. He also said he had sex with Eiler, but that it was consensual.

Marty Himebaugh reportedly made comments to co-workers that aroused suspicion. According to CBS news, Himebaugh allegedly told one colleague about a 56-year-old Down syndrome man that "These people aren't meant to live that long. They are meant to die in

Two people were reported killed and 15 others injured during a communal clash at Ligdir village of Guja local government area of Yobe State.

No fewer than 10 men were arraigned on Friday before an Osogbo Magistrate's Court over an alleged attempt to kill two peasant farmers in Ejigbo area of Osun State.

Katsina State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted 582 kilograms of Indian hemp at Dandagoro village, near Katsina.

THE Minister of State for disaster preparedness, Musa Ecweru, has been summoned by court to answer charges of defilement. The criminal summons were issued by the Chief Magistrate of Buganda Road Court, Margaret Tibulya.

SECURITY organs are investigating the possibility that metal-wielding hit men commonly, known as mitayimbwa men, are part of an organised group terrorising people in and around Kampala.

More than 40 Kenyans have been arrested in the last 18 months in connection with drug trafficking in several countries.

Sunday Alamu, former Alliance for Democracy, (AD), executive in Ibadan South-West local government of Oyo State has been dragged before an Ibadan Chief Magistrate's Court and charged with stealing a Toyota Hiace bus, valued at N650,000.

A staff of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Mr. Kala'agi Nikanors, has been reportedly shot in the head by unknown gunmen at the entrance to his compound in Makurdi, Benue state.

THIS week, anti-corruption watch dog Transparency International, released their annual report. The report, a measure of perceived corruption among countries, showed that Uganda had fallen back in the rankings to 126 from 111 the previous year.

Police have arrested six people in connection with an attempted robbery of $3 million (Shs5.3 billion) from Stanbic Bank, Garden City on Thursday, Sunday Monitor has learnt.