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A former inspector for the federal government now diagnosed with a terminal 9/11 illness is battling with the Labor Department for his workers’ compensation benefit.  Dale Henderson, 59, was a compliance inspector with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on 9/11.  He’s been diagnosed by government doctors with interstitial lung disease — one of several illnesses linked to exposure to hazardous materials on 9/11 or at Ground Zero.  Henderson’s 9/11 illness was acknowledged by the World Trade Center Victims Compensation Fund — which awarded him a $300,000 payout when he first got sick.9/11 asbestos debris lawsuits cleared by N.Y....

LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman, who allegedly confronted her former boyfriend over an unpaid cable TV bill and ended up stabbing him to death, pleaded not guilty Thursday. Chamia N. Johnson, 34, of Seventh Street, denied the charge of second-degree murder. State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. ordered Johnson held without bail, pending a pretrial conference June 9 and a tentative trial date of Sept. 19.