AFP - In a dusty, sun-baked shipyard on the banks of the Mississippi River, survivors of America's greatest natural disaster are using steel salvaged from another tragedy -- the September 11 attacks -- to build a ship for military or humanitarian missions.

Reuters - Conservative author Ann Coulter sparked a storm on Wednesday after describing a group of September 11 widows who backed the Democratic Party as millionaire "witches" reveling in their status as celebrities.

AFP - A high-profile conservative media pundit in the United States has prompted an outcry among widows of the September 11, 2001 attacks after accusing them of wallowing in their husbands' deaths.

AFP - New York City is conducting a follow-up study of the impact of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the health of residents, rescue workers and others in the vicinity of the World Trade Center.

AP - City officials on Thursday launched a follow-up survey for thousands of people in a registry tracking post-Sept. 11 health problems, looking for proof of persistent respiratory and psychological illnesses in those who worked or lived near ground zero.

Reuters - Health officials launched a broad medical survey on Thursday of 71,000 people affected by the September 11 attacks in what doctors called their best hope of treating mysterious ailments stemming from that day.

AP - Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday threw out an al-Qaida suspect's conviction for conspiracy to commit murder in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, weeks after prosecutors acknowledged the evidence against him was weak.

AFP - New York and Washington, the two cities targetted by the September 11, 2001 attacks, were in uproar over federal plans to cut their counter-terrorism grants by 40 percent this year.

AFP - New York and Washington, the two cities targetted by the September 11, 2001 attacks, were in uproar over federal plans to cut their counter-terrorism grants by 40 percent this year.

Reuters - Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted the only person convicted of involvement in the September 11 attacks in a trial last year of suspected Al Qaeda members.

Reuters - The U.S. government has slashed 2006 counterterrorism funding by 40 percent for New York City and Washington -- two targets of the September 11 attacks -- sparking angry reactions in both cities on Wednesday.

AFP - US President George W. Bush late Tuesday hosted an "emotional" White House screening of the film "United 93," with relatives of some of the passengers who died aboard the September 11, 2001 flight attending, his spokesman said.

AP - Tears flowed in the White House theater Tuesday night at the conclusion of "United 93," a movie about the plane that crashed in rural Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001 after passengers fought back against their hijackers.

AP - Justice Department employees involved in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Sept. 11 detainees must disclose whether they know of any government monitoring of conversations between the detainees and their attorneys, a judge ruled Tuesday.