Astronaut Frank Culbertson returns to a post-Sept.11 world:
http://www.sptimes.com/News/121701/Worldandnation/Astronaut_will_return.shtml

It's a win! The Lions are now just terrible, not awful. Mitch Albom:
http://www.freep.com/sports/albom/mitch17_20011217.htm