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DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - As the first day of fasting for Muslims worldwide came to an end Thursday, so did the second annual iftar dinner at the Dearborn Heights Fire Department. Nearly a dozen firefighters decided to fast from all foods and drinks on the first day of Ramadan to embrace and stand in solidarity with their Muslim Community members. Like many on the fire department have come to learn, Battalion Chief Phil Hall says fasting from sunrise until sunset is not a joke. "This is the second year that I'm doing it. It's killing me like not...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2007 – Nearly six years after a terrorist-controlled plane slammed into the Pentagon, killing 184 people aboard the plane and in the building, Defense Department historians have published a book on the incident and its aftermath. Randy Papadopoulos, left, a Naval historian, Nancy K. Berlage, center, an editor in the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Historical Office, and Diane T. Putney, a historian with the same office, talk with reporters upon the release of "Pentagon 9/11" on Sept. 7, 2007. Defense Department photo by Samantha L. Quigley  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “Pentagon 9/11”...