The event commemorates those who died in the terrorist attacks twelve years ago
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A Star-Studded Funeral: Celebrities Pay Last Respects to Whitney Houston
“We have more stars here than the Grammys,” Rev. Martin Winans noted as he called for the funeral procession out of the New Hope Baptist Church on Saturday. Indeed, many of the lauded singer’s closest friends from Hollywood …
In Turns Poignant and Rousing, Friends Celebrate Whitney Houston
The nearly three-and-a-half hour memorial service saw a number of Whitney Houston’s closest friends take the stage to remember her. See what Tyler Perry and Kevin Costner had to say about the pop singer with the perfect voice.
Whitney Houston’s Funeral: Watch It Live Online
UPDATED 3:50 p.m. EST: The livestream has ended. We will post the video from the entire funeral service here as soon as it’s available.
Whitney Houston’s beloved family and friends will mourn the pop singer at the New Hope …
How to Watch Whitney Houston’s Funeral on Saturday
Though Whitney Houston’s funeral will be an intimate affair, held Saturday in the small New Jersey church she attended and sang in as a child, her fans will be able to share in the memorial by watching along online and on …
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial ‘Drum Major’ Quote to Be Corrected
The new monument in D.C. will have to be re-chiseled to correct a quote that made the civil rights leader sound “arrogant”
‘American Pioneer’: Headlines Across the Country Remember Steve Jobs
Sleek, simple and elegant, the front pages noting Steve Jobs’s death were mostly reminiscent of the man they were memorializing.
Reading While Eating for August 23: In Progress
Tuesday’s links show how things can change: your money, a construction site, and even a dictator’s physical appearance.
Photos: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Is Unveiled in Washington
Washingtonians and visitors are now able to see the memorial dedicated to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which will sit in the nation’s capital, flanked by memorials to Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
Madison …
Oklahoma City Remembers Terrorist Attack, 16 Years Later
The sunny spring weather Tuesday in Oklahoma City was not unlike the temperature exactly 16 years ago, when an explosion ripped through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people.
Is the Sept. 11 Memorial Killing New York’s Birds?
Every Sept. 11, New York City fires up the “Tribute of Light” – two huge shafts of white light soaring into the evening sky. This year, however, the lights disoriented some 10,000 birds migrating over lower Manhattan, leading …
Hong Kong’s New Facebook for the Dead
Thanks to a new social networking site in Hong Kong you don’t need to put much effort into having an online presence — you don’t even need to be alive. In fact, that’s the point.