ground zero

As America prepares to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, eBay is seeing a surge in sales of relics and memorabilia from the World Trade Center and the terrorist attacks, fueled partly by speculators, and partly by our desire to connect with history, however painful.

Facebook went after teachers' networking site Teachbook, claiming that anything "--book" and social networking infringes its mark. Now, Facebook is trying to patent its name's first syllable: Face.

To build or not to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero: that is the question that grips New York -- and the much of the country. Is it an insult to those lost on 9/11, or evidence to the world that the U.S. really stands for freedom of religion?

Some 10,000 rescue and cleanup workers at Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, have negotiated a new settlement with New York City that gives them more money for the illnesses and injuries they sued over.