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WTC developer spat could delay ground zero again

May. 20, 2009
The most serious impasse in years between the owner of ground zero and the developer building office towers on half of the site is headed for government intervention. Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey started talks months ago...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler