AP - A U.S. military judge has denied a request from professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for Internet access inside his Guantanamo cell, ruling he does not need it to prepare for his death penalty trial.

AFP - French wine merchants fear the growing world financial crisis could cause their worst end-of-year sales squeeze since the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

AP - Fear of the government in some communities after the Sept. 11 attacks and years of debate over immigration policy could create problems in getting an accurate count of the U.S. population in 2010, the director of the Census Bureau said Thursday.

AFP - The long-awaited memorial to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks will be ready by the 10th anniversary of the tragedy, but not its underground museum, city officials said Thursday.

AP - The owners of the World Trade Center site announced a delay in the completion of a multibillion-dollar transit hub Thursday but pledged to open a nearly finished Sept. 11 memorial by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

AP - A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity contracted more than expected last month, hitting the lowest level since the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, as new orders slowed dramatically.

Reuters - Seven years after the September 11 attacks, a financial windstorm shaking Wall Street may have slowed New York's drive to rebuild the World Trade Center and revitalize Manhattan's downtown neighborhoods.

AP - More than six years before Sarah Palin visited ground zero as the Republican vice presidential nominee, her parents were there as part of the response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — trapping rats.

AP - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her remark that the proximity of Russia to her home state of Alaska gives her foreign policy experience, explaining in a CBS interview airing Thursday that "we have trade missions back and forth."

Reuters - The suspected planner of the September 11 attacks denounced the Guantanamo war crimes court as an "inquisition" and failed to persuade the U.S. military judge on Wednesday to disqualify himself as biased against Muslims.

AP - Professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed took center stage in a military court Tuesday as he questioned the judge's impartiality and acted as the de facto spokesman for his four co-defendants.

The Christian Science Monitor - Henry Paulson Jr. has become one of the most famous and, perhaps, consequential U.S. Treasury secretaries since Alexander Hamilton. Legislation submitted to Congress would transform Paulson's office into that of temporary overseer of America's entire financial system.

Reuters - Accused September 11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh failed to appear at a Guantanamo war crimes court hearing and a U.S. military judge ordered that he be brought in by force if necessary on Tuesday.

AP - Crews excavating the World Trade Center site this summer for the foundations of a new skyscraper have uncovered features carved into the bedrock by glaciers about 20,000 years ago, including a 40-foot-deep pothole.