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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.

Two doctors work on an easy-to-administer drug regimen aimed at eradicating filariasis, a mosquito-borne disease affecting 43 million people in the tropics. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

All Things Considered Ethicist Randy Cohen stops by once again to sort out listeners' messy lives. Today, Inskeep and Cohen debate the ethics of tattoos. Also, hear a discussion about how to make your own ethical decisions.

The city of York, Penn., is a million dollars in debt, leading the mayor to ask people in the region to contribute $3.32 to help offset costs -- the equivalent of a McDonald's Chicken McNugget meal. Steve gets the whole story from the mayor.

NPR's Barbara Bradley-Hagerty reports on American Anglican church members who are breaking off from their congregation and looking to Africa for inspiration. They say American Anglicans have grown liberal and secular, and that they find a truer path with the conservative Christians of African nations.

Twenty-five years after former San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk is murdered, some city officials raise money to place a sculpture of him in City Hall. Milk, California's first openly gay elected official, was killed a year after being elected. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.

Commentator John Feinstein joins host Bob Edwards to discuss tennis s Australian Open. Serena Williams and Andre Agassi were the big winners.

In top awards given annually to children's book writers and illustrators, Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi received the Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. And My Friend Rabbit, illustrated and written by Eric Rohmann, received the Caldecott Medal, for the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Two Petaluma, Calif., women give birth to triplets on the same day in the same hospital.

The new head of the World Health Organization will be elected Tuesday. The leading candidate is Peter Piot, who's headed UNAIDS for many years. Whoever is chosen will direct a vastly more important force in world health than it has been in years past, as epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other diseases continue to grow. Brenda Wilson reports.

One of the most important comic book festivals took place this past weekend in the French town of Angouleme. Frank Browning reports.

Anti-American sentiment grows in Kuwait, where tens of thousands of American troops are stationed. Some Kuwaitis say they are suspicious of Washington's long-term goals in the Mideast. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.