The Years of Shame  —  Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?  —  Actually, I don't think it's me, and it's not really that odd.  —  What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful.

Turner poised for big upset  —  Republican Bob Turner is poised to pull a huge upset in the race to replace Anthony Weiner as the Congressman from New York's 9th Congressional District.  He leads Democrat David Weprin 47-41 with Socialist Workers candidate Christopher Hoeppner at 4% and 7% of voters remaining undecided.

100 protesters burn American flag outside U.S. embassy in London during minute's silence for 9/11  —  Protesters set fire to the U.S. flag outside the American embassy in London today during a minute's silence to mark the moment the first hijacked airliner hit the World Trade Centre.

Was Iran behind 9/11?  —  US lawsuit charges that Iran, Hezbollah involved in facilitation of September 11 attacks.  Ynetnews presents special report about dramatic revelations that could change everything we knew about 9/11  —  Ronen Bergman  —  Commission members didn't know what to do.

In Tapes, Candid Talk by Young Kennedy Widow  —  In the early days of the Cuban missile crisis, before the world knew that the cold war seemed to be sliding toward nuclear conflict, President John F. Kennedy telephoned his wife, Jacqueline, at their weekend house in Virginia.

9/11 Flights of Fancy Lead to Moments of Fear  —  Fighter planes were scrambled, bomb squads were called, FBI command centers went on alert and police teams raced to airports today, but in the end two separate airline incidents were caused by apparently innocent bathroom breaks and a little “making out,” federal officials said.

Redistricting sparks big-time feuds  —  Verbal altercations, charges of backstabbing and plotting with the enemy, finger-pointing: It might sound like a midday soap opera, but it's not.  —  The once-in-a-decade redistricting process hasn't even been completed in most states …

Muted in Last Debate, Bachmann Looks to Rejoin Conversation  —  Representative Michele Bachmann burst like a nova onto the presidential race thanks to a smooth and confident performance that lit up the stage at a Republican debate in June.  —  Now, with polls showing her popularity dwindling …

What caused the recession of 1937-38?  —  The swift policy response to the recent financial crisis helped the world economy avoid a replay of the Great Depression of 1929-32.  But can we avoid a replay of 1937-38?  With the world economy weakening once again, this column addresses the question …

On Anniversary, Iran's Ahmadinejad Says U.S. Planned 9/11 Attacks  —  As thousands of Americans gather across the country for tearful ceremonies to remember the nearly 3,000 killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks ten years ago today, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked the anniversary …