Tribute to 9/11 workers takes shape in granite country

BARRE, Vt. (AP) — A memorial paying homage to thousands of rescue and recovery workers who labored in the ruins of the World Trade Center is taking shape in Vermont, where workers are chipping at and chiseling slabs of granite that will be installed this spring at the national Sept. 11 memorial.The new area with a path flanked by stone monoliths will also honor those sickened or who died from exposure to toxins after the towers fell.One of the six monoliths weighing between 15 and 17.5 ton