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A Broome County state of emergency still remains in effect and all university classes have been canceled for Friday.

The dust that blanketed Ground Zero and much of lower Manhattan in the aftermath of the World Trade Center's collapse was full of toxic chemicals that left a deadly mark on thousands of rescue workers.

The Broome County Health Department has issued a boil water advisory for all Binghamton water customers as record flooding has left what the mayor calls a dire situation in the area. The department stated that water samples taken on Sept. 8 showed turbidity levels of 14.1 turbidity units.

First responders are aghast at not being invited to attend the World Trade Center memorial ceremony on Sunday, September 11, 2011.

President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a redoubling of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts in the face of a credible but unconfirmed threat ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Looking back with my post-9/11 perspective on the day of September 11, 2001, it's almost comical how unprepared I was for the ways that the events would change our nation as I sat at my high school desk, 11 miles from the Pentagon.

Tropical Storm Lee's residual fury caused a renewed round of flooding across the northeast on Thursday, as rising waters forced the evacuations of some 120,000 people and killed at least six.

On Sept. 11, 2001, I was 11 years old. I can't say when exactly I realized how young that was to understand the enormity of the attacks. But 10 years removed, I see it. For me, the world isn't divided into before and after the attacks, because there is no before.

Originally viewed in the 1970s as a project that added too much office space to Lower Manhattan, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center became a symbol not only for New York, but for the United States, for capitalism, for the cosmopolitan / urban life, for modernity itself.

Obama laid out an ambitious $450 billion package of spending plans and tax cuts designed to stimulate the economy and create badly needed jobs.

Gold prices tumbled by 2 percent on Friday, reversing earlier gains, with traders blaming heavy fund liquidation of the metal on the New York futures market, and the downward move picking up momentum as sell stops were triggered

Stanford University’s hospital in California on Thursday has confirmed that a medical privacy breach has led to the online posting of electronic medical records of 20,000 emergency rooms patients.

A report on the other relevant cases of patient information breach that took place in the U.S. in the recent past.

Fashion Week 2011 in the NYC saw an incredible day one, with the world's top designers exhibiting their Spring 2012 collections. The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week's first day featured shows by Nicholas K, Porter Grey, BCBGMaxazria, Richard Chai, Supima, Tadashi Shoji and Candela

World number one Novak Djokovic was adjudged the victor after fellow-Serb Janko Tipsarevic retired with a leg-injury in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open and he will face Roger Federer in the semifinals.

Relentless rain caused more catastrophic flooding in the northeastern United States on Thursday, killing at least five people and forcing the evacuation of more than 130,000 more in three states.

World number three Roger Federer set up a semifinal meeting against top seed Novak Djokovic with a straight-sets win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open, while Rafael Nadal will face Andy Roddick in the delayed quarterfinals.

Regulators are close to an agreement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to settle a case over disclosing their exposure to risky subprime loans, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

Sonia Gandhi, leader of Congress party, returned home on Thursday after more than a month of medical treatment in the United States which had left the government rudderless to deal with the biggest protests in decades

Deutsche Boerse late on Thursday said shareholders in the Frankfurt-based exchange operator who had not yet tendered their stock as part of the NYSE Euronext deal, would not be forced to do so as part of a so-called squeeze-out.

Five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer beat 11th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday night in a quarter-final interrupted by rain for about 1 1/2 hours in the first set.