Nov 26th, 2008 · Americans cut back on their spending in October by the largest amount since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Meanwhile, orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods plunged by the largest amount in two years.
Nov 11th, 2008 · Since joining the Howard Stern Show in 2001, comic and actor Artie Lange has revealed his personal demons to millions of radio listeners.
Oct 14th, 2008 · Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the National Security Agency stepped up its efforts to collect intelligence domestically by filtering millions of conversations and e-mail messages. In his new book, The Shadow Factor, journalist James Bamford reveals that the ultra-secret agency has half a million people on its watch lists.
Oct 8th, 2008 · In the first coordinated global rate cut since November 2001, the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and four other central banks lowered key interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday. The move was aimed at helping the global economy weather the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Oct 3rd, 2008 · A sonically adventurous rock band from Manchester, England, Elbow has gone through its share of record labels on its way to cult stardom. Nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001, the group has since settled into a run of highly regarded albums, though it continues to hopscotch from label to label.
Oct 1st, 2008 · The Atlanta rapper has picked up a pad of paper for the first time since 2001 (a change from writing and keeping his lyrics in his head), and the result is a blur of intricately constructed rhymes. Paper Trail is an intensely personal album with a couple of commercial smashes muddying the waters; on the posse cut "Swagga Like Us," T.I. raps circles around three of the most popular rappers in the world.
Sep 29th, 2008 · Thousands of New Yorkers annually retrace firefighter Stephen Siller's last steps. On Sept. 11, 2001, Siller found himself on the wrong side of the Battery Tunnel. Though he was off duty, he joined a firefighting squad at Ground Zero and his family never saw him again.
Sep 20th, 2008 · A new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book will be published next year — but it won't be by Douglas Adams, who passed away in 2001. Book publisher Hyperion has tapped Eoin Colfer, author of the popular teen sci-fi fantasy series Artemis Fowl, to continue the Adams legacy.