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John Ydstie discusses the markets and the economic outlook with Mark Zandi of economy.com and Diane Swonk of Banc One.

Commentator Bill Lessard says the gloomy financial outlook for dot-com companies is a boon for consumers. A competitive marketplace online means better products and better customer service.

Jesse Kornbluth has fashioned a role as cultural concierge, offering visitors to the Web site HeadButler.com advice on books, films and music. Kornbluth gives Debbie Elliott a sampling of cultural picks.

Jesse Kornbluth, the man behind the Web site headbutler.com, recommends a book to scare the pants off of you — just in time for Halloween. The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson is a novel from 1952 written from the point of view of a homicidal maniac.

Was America meant to be a Christian nation? Steven Waldman, founder of Beliefnet.com, debunks myths about religion in the lives the Founding Fathers, and in the early history of America in his new book, Founding Faith.

Kimberly Lankford, personal finance writer for Kiplinger.com and Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, talks to David Greene about the shifting market for long-term-care insurance, and if it is still worth buying.

Watch 25 of the year's greatest, most surprising Tiny Desk performances, featuring just a sampling of the gifted artists who passed through NPR Music's office this year.

Throughout the presidential campaign, the linguistic institution developed its funny style of delicately poking at Donald Trump and his associates on Twitter.

While the storm had moved offshore Saturday, flood threats remained, especially along coastal Massachusetts, where crews have rescued scores of people. The governor has declared a state of emergency.

We asked, you answered, with photos of the heavens from Botswana, Tanzania — and Oregon.