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A new book about Howard Lutnick, the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, shows the personal and financial damage the Sept. 11 attacks caused the company. On Top of the World discusses how the brokerage firm survived after losing most of its employees in the terrorist attacks. NPR's Juan Williams reports.

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) calls U.S. Olympic officials to Washington for discussions on possible changes in the structure of the U.S. Olympic Committee, which faces an ethics scandal and allegations of infighting. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

Commentator Laura Novak describes her experience working at the neonatal intensive care unit of a California hospital, and how it has caused her to view abortion as a way to spare infants a painful life and long death from incurable diseases or birth defects.

For the first time since it went public in 1965, McDonald's Corp. reports a quarterly net loss. Some analysts say today's diners are more interested in "quick casual" restaurants that offer more than just fast-food burgers. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin dies at age 81. Mauldin made a name for himself during World War II drawing cartoons for the Army's Stars and Stripes. Lynn Neary and Robert Siegel bring us this remembrance.

A newly publicized study suggests that 40 percent of nuns in the United States have experienced some form of sexual trauma -- in some cases, at the hands of other clergy. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

Cartoonist Bill Mauldin, whose GI characters Willie and Joe won the hearts of countless Americans during World War II, dies at 81. Mauldin won two Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning for his comic strip "Up Front with Mauldin." NPR's Bob Edwards has a remembrance.

North and South Korean officials meet in Seoul for talks on economic cooperation, but discussions are overshadowed by concerns about North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Meanwhile, U.S. envoy John Bolton says he expects the U.N. to begin discussions on the standoff by week's end. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

The SEC takes up several proposals aimed at restoring investor confidence, approving new rules governing the relationship between accounting firms and the companies they audit. Commissioners will also vote on a rule requiring mutual fund companies to reveal how they vote on shareholder disputes. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

He was a leader of the peace movement in the 1960s. He is a former president of Students for a Democratic Society, and author of a number of books including The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage, and Media Unlimited. Gitlin is also a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University.