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6 Sep 2011, 3:03 pm by Alan J. Borsuk
When the large jet seized by terrorists crashed into the north tower, there were people from the 91st story on down who survived, but everyone from the 92nd floor on up died. [read post]
4 Sep 2011, 6:11 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
A month after opening 1973, WTC eclipsed in height by Chicago's Sears Tower. [read post]
2 May 2011, 8:55 am by Roger Alford
The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory - hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky; the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground; black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon; the wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction. [read post]
1 May 2011, 9:47 pm by Adrian M. Baron
  The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory — hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky; the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground; black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon; the wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 7:30 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
  Vincent was instrumental in the development of the Sears Tower in Chicago, the American Motors Corporation headquarters in Southland Michigan, and the Detroit Bank & Trust Building, the first high-rise building built in Detroit in more than 35 years. [read post]
5 Dec 2010, 4:00 am by Mandelman
Louis headquartered companies that were a hop, skip and a jump away, including Sears, which at that time was still the largest cataloguer in the world. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 5:49 am by Brian Scott
Daytime photos of The Eiffel Tower are still allowed to be sold and used for commercial photography purposes.- The Sears Tower: Photos which feature this building cannot be sold for commercial purposes. [read post]
6 Aug 2010, 3:23 am by Russ Bensing
  The building itself is no prize — there’s a story, probably apocryphal, that the Sears Tower in Chicago was built the same year as the Justice Center, for less money — but the elevator ride is the icing on the cake. [read post]
13 Jun 2010, 7:46 pm by Mirriam Seddiq
One of the first wannabee cases was that of the Liberty Six, where a group of young men in Miami decided, after being infiltrated by an agent provocateur, that it would be a good idea to attack the Sears Tower. [read post]
13 Feb 2010, 8:12 am by Ann Althouse
I had to wait for red lights, and I liked this one, with that onion dome:ADDED: I'm not going to "still" call that the Sears Tower, since that was never the Sears Tower. [read post]
13 Jan 2010, 6:07 am by Mike Aylward
  Hasta la vista, AIG, ATLA, “earwigging,” Bernie Law, contingent commissions, Dick Scruggs, Eliot Spitzer, Eric Dinallo, the FAIR Act, GilbertHeinz; Hank Greenberg, John Garamendi, junk faxes, Mel Weiss, PHICO, Ramani Ayer, Reliance, Royal, Sears Tower, 70 Pine Street, the Sopranos, “wardrobe malfunctions,” W.R. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 7:06 pm by David Oscar Markus
Judge Lenard has been sentencing the defendants to what looks like reasonable sentences in light of the facts of this case even though the government has been asking for 30+ year sentences:Four men described as soldiers in a terrorism plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices have each been sentenced to less than a decade behind bars, far less than federal prosecutors sought.U.S. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 12:29 pm by David Oscar Markus
From the AP: A judge on Wednesday handed a six-year jail sentence to one of five men convicted of plotting to blow up the tallest building in the United States, Sears Tower, and swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 4:09 am by The Bicycling Barrister
Among the many revelations - City funds will be used to refurbish the Willis (fka Sears) Tower and to help new tenant United Airlines move in. [read post]
21 May 2009, 4:12 pm
The equally absurd Sears Tower case also brought guilty verdicts. [read post]
12 May 2009, 6:06 pm
A federal jury in Miami convicted five men of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to topple Chicago’s Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices. [read post]
12 May 2009, 2:55 pm
Liberty City Six Mostly Convicted: Five men were convicted Tuesday of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to destroy Chicago’s Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in hopes of igniting an anti-government insurrection. [read post]