- Newsmaker: Ayman Al-Zawahiri: "The Brain to the Body" - Ayman Al-Zawahiri is the number two man in the al Qaeda network, "the brains behind Osama bin Laden." Joshua Cooper Ramo, of Time magazine, has more on the man who helped build the "decapitation-proof" network that has terrorized the world.
- Reporter's Notebook: Will Kids' Letters to Santa Get Answered This Year? - Letters to Santa are still pouring into America's mailboxes, yet because of the anthrax scare, Santa must take unprecedented precautions. Rick Brooks, who covers the package-delivery industry for The Wall Street Journal, laments the unfortunate irony that that may keep many lumpy lopsided letters from reaching their intended target.
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