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  • Listeners responded to the interview with GOP media strategist Stuart Stevens whose comments about Unitarian weddings irked many. Listeners also wrote in about singer-songwriter Rodriguez whose 1969 debut album is being re-released.
  • A Sept. 11 memorial was dedicated Tuesday at Logan International Airport in Boston. That is where two planes took off before hijackers on board brought down New York's twin towers at the World Trade Center.
  • Circuit City has issued an apology after company officials pulled a magazine from store shelves. The issue of Mad magazine featured "Sucker City," a parody of the electronics chain. The apology mentions a new task force on "the importance of humor in the corporate workplace" and includes $20 gift cards for the magazine's editors.
  • A State Department report on global terrorism says Iraq suffered the largest number of terrorist attacks in 2007. Ambassador Dell Dailey says the U.S. visited the home countries of foreign fighters in Iraq to get help in curbing the suicide attacks — stressing that the fighters will pose a danger if they return home.
  • Ballet dancer Carlos Acosta is known for powerful leaps that make him seem to fly. Those leaps have earned him comparisons with Nureyev and Baryshnikov. He grew up in a poor neighborhood outside Havana. How that boy became a man who dances with grace and power is the subject of Acosta's memoir, No Way Home.
  • As the U.S. dollar continues its slide against other currencies, inflation is making an unwelcome return. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke this week spoke about what a weakening dollar could mean for the economy.
  • To celebrate the 100th anniversary of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," Major League Baseball teams are auditioning fans to find the most talented performers of that iconic song. At Atlanta's Turner Field, home of the Braves, the search has taken on American Idol proportions.
  • The government is preparing to takeover mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times on Saturday. An announcement could come as early as this weekend.
  • Last week the accents of both vice presidential candidates was examined. Linguist William Labov said that Sarah Palin's dialect fits with her region. Many Alaskans didn't agree.
  • The conversation with two of the voices behind many negative campaign ads sparked much feedback, most of it negative.
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