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9/11 mastermind says plot began with 10 planes in 1996\nWASHINGTON -- Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, has told American interrogators that he first discussed the plot with Osama bin Laden in 1996 and that the original plan called for hijacking five commercial jets on each U.S. coast before it was modified several times, according to interrogation reports reviewed by The Associated Press. \nMohammed also divulged that, in its final stages, the hijacking plan called for as many as 22 terrorists and four planes in a first wave, followed by a second wave of suicide hijackings that were to be aided possibly by al Qaeda allies in southeast Asia, according to the reports.\nMiss Florida crowned Miss America 2004\nATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Miss Florida Ericka Dunlap beat out 50 rivals Saturday to be crowned Miss America in a pageant that featured some of the brainiest contestants that judges have seen in years.\nDunlap wins a rhinestone tiara, a runway walk, $50,000 in scholarship aid, a yearlong national speaking tour and the permanent tag of "former Miss America."\nMiss Hawaii Kanoelani Gibson was first runner-up and Miss Wisconsin Tina Sauerhammer was second runner-up. Miss Maryland Marina Harrison and Miss California Nicole Lamarche rounded out the final five.\nA student at the University of Central Florida, Dunlap plans to promote cultural diversity during her yearlong reign as Miss America.\nMiss Indiana, IU student Bryn Chapman, finished in the top 10. \nFormer Citigroup CEO to head NYSE\nNEW YORK -- The New York Stock Exchange chose former Citigroup chairman and CEO John S. Reed as its interim leader Sunday for a salary of one dollar, less than a week after its previous chairman was forced to step down amid outrage about his compensation.\nReed, 64, who left Citi in 2000 after losing a power struggle with then co-chairman Sanford I. Weill, will temporarily replace Dick Grasso, exchange officials announced at a hastily called news conference.\nReed declined to comment on Grasso or the circumstances of Grasso's departure but said he realized the gravity of the situation. Grasso's pay package of $187.5 million was considered excessive by many on and off Wall Street.\nReed, who said he will be paid $1 for his work, will start at the exchange as interim chairman on Sept. 30, but he said he plans to start talking to other NYSE executives this morning.\nHelicopter crash in Grand Canyon kills 7\nPHOENIX -- Recovery crews hiked into a rugged area of the Grand Canyon Sunday to reach the remains of a sightseeing helicopter that crashed with seven people on board. Authorities said there were no survivors.\nThe helicopter, operating as an A-Star tour, went down after noon Saturday in rugged terrain about 60 miles east of Las Vegas.\nIt had taken off from the Grand Canyon West Airport with the pilot and six passengers aboard and had been headed for the bottom of the canyon, said Federal Aviation Administration operations officer Larri Frelow.\nMohave County Sheriff's Office spokesman Carlos Rooks said recovery crews had to hike to the crash site Sunday because the terrain was only accessible by foot. The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA were among the agencies investigating.

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