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Private Medical Data for 20,000 Stanford Hospital Patients Was Online for a Year

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The patients' names, account numbers, diagnosis codes, admission and discharge dates, and billing charges were posted on Student of Fortune, a commercial homework help Web site. The information was contained in a detailed spreadsheet, which the site posted on Sept. 9, 2010, to show customers how to create a bar chart from raw data.
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9/11 Tenth Anniversary

New York Terror Threat: City Police Increasing Security, Searching Vehicles

As New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg promised, security has been ramped up following the reveal of credible intelligence that al-Qaida militants in Pakistan may be pursuing a plot to carry out car or truck bombings in Washington and New York City to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
9/11 10th Anniversary

Sept. 11, 2001 - What Happened, and Where Are We Now?

The events of Sept. 11, 2001 stunned the United States and the world, and pushed both in to a new era: The day remains the most important international event since the end of the Cold War with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
9/11 Tenth Anniversary

Terror Threat: U.S. Cites 'Specific, Credible' Source as it Rachets Up Alert

President Barack Obama on Thursday directed U.S. intelligence officials to take all precautions after receiving credible intelligence that al-Qaida militants in Pakistan may be pursuing a plot to carry out car or truck bombings in Washington, D.C., and New York City to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
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McDonald's August Sales Miss; Japan Drags

McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) reported a lower-than-expected rise in worldwide August sales at established restaurants on a steep drop in Japan and a lull in new product launches in the United States.
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Gold on Track for Biggest Weekly Loss Since June

Gold prices pared losses in choppy trade on Friday but were still on track for their biggest weekly loss since June as some investors cashed in gains after losing confidence in the metal's ability to build on this week's record highs.
Sikh-Americans

9/11 Anniversary: The View of South Asians

In the immediate wake of the terrorist strikes in New York and Washington D.C., when Osama bin Laden's face become plastered across TV sets, people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh suddenly became viewed with extreme suspicion and in some case abuse.
9/11 Tenth Anniversary

Terror Threat 'Real,' VP Biden Says

Vice President Joe Biden said Friday the first active plot timed to coincide with the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of al-Qaida's deadly attack is a real threat.
A September 14, 2001 file photo shows President Bush at the scene of the World Trade Center

9/11 Anniversary: Why Do Terrorists 'Hate Freedom'?

After the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, it was often heard that terrorists hate freedom. Why was this term used? Looking back ten years later, the facts remain that Osama bin Laden, did, in a theoretical sense, hate American liberties.
9/11 Reflections

9/11 - The Dust that Refuses to Settle

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.
Southern Tier Flood Damage – Rt. 17 in Binghamton

Binghamton Boil Water Advisory in Effect Because of Flooding [PHOTOS]

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.
9/11 Tenth Anniversary

U.S. Sees Credible September 11 Threat

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.
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9/11 - A Day of Lost Innocence

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.
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Northeast Flooding Kills 6, Evacuates 120,000

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.
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9/11 - A Child's Experience of the Attacks

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.

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