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September 19, 2008
| Remembering 9/11 |
By Bill Highlander
Editor
On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners and attacked the United States. They flew two airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York City, destroying the twin towers and adjacent buildings. Another plane struck the Pentagon. Passengers on the fourth aircraft attempted to overpower the terrorists and the plane crashed in Pennsylvania.
The death toll was 2,974, people who had just gone to work like every day or were traveling on business or vacation. There were policemen and firemen who bravely tried to save those trapped and many of them died in the trying.
Seven years later, the memories are still vivid. Monuments have been erected at ground zero, at the Read more...
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San Jose will be headquarters for
Tesla Motors
By Bill Highlander
Editor
Tesla Motors chose San Jose for its headquarters, manufacturing and research and development campus. Tesla will construct its $250 million facility on an 89-acre site at Zanker Road and Highway 237 and the all-electric sedans will start coming off the assembly line in 2010.
This is a major coup for San Jose. Gaining approximately 1,000 new jobs and an addition to the tax base, the city also adds benefits to its Green Vision goals of creating a center Read
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