Bush affirms vow to fight terrorists

President Bush yesterday remembered the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the strength of US citizens and troops who rallied to defend the nation, saying in his weekly radio address that the US and its allies will continue to fight extremists and terrorists "head-on." Bush marked the attacks on Thursday with a dedication ceremony for a Pentagon memorial. (AP)

NEW YORK - The Swiss architects of the iconic Bird's Nest stadium at the Beijing Olympics are taking their innovative style to lower Manhattan with a translucent glass skyscraper designed to look like houses stacked in the sky. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron's $650 million, 57-story condominium is to begin going up next month. (AP)

LOS ANGELES - Investigators are reviewing at least 30 unsolved murders for possible links to an unidentified serial killer suspected in at least 11 slayings since 1985. Los Angeles police Detective Dennis Kilcoyne estimated at least six of the 30 cases would be linked to the killer. (AP)

CHICAGO - Twelve years after terrorists' gunfire killed 17-year-old American David Boim at a bus stop near Jerusalem, US courts are still trying to determine whether anyone must pay millions of dollars in damages. A lower court ordered several US-based Islamic groups to pay $156 million to Boim's family, who said money that several US-based Islamic groups gave to Palestinian charities ultimately helped fund terrorism. A three-judge panel of the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals threw out that lower court's order. But now the same appeals court is revisiting the case. (AP)