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All Rights Reserved.Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:46:22 EDT15http://www.cbsnews.com/track/rss/sections/2002/main500255.shtml??source=RSS&http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/common/images/v2/logo_cbsnews_small.gif13623Wed, 01 Jan 2003 15:54:29 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/31/national/main534797.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_534797Japanese streamed into temples, Russians packed a frigid Red Square and revelers from around the world crowded the confetti-strewn streets of New York's Times Square to greet the new year amid global concerns about war and terrorism.Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:53:07 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/17/2002/main533378.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533378The U.S. was spared major terrorist attacks this year, but with Osama bin Laden's apparent survival despite the War on Terror and the creation of the $40 billion Homeland Security Department, the fight against terrorism seems only to be heating up.Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:08:42 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/17/2002/main533395.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533395Despite the ailing economy, national security trumped the agenda this year as voters rallied behind President Bush to help the GOP take control of the Senate. Democrats, criticized for lacking a clear message, are gearing up for 2004.Thu, 02 Jan 2003 20:47:02 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/20/national/main533862.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533862The stock market got off to a strong New Year beginning. An unexpected surge in manufacturing activity helped to push the Dow up 265 points -- its biggest one-day gain since October. The Nasdaq was also a winner, advancing 49 points.Mon, 05 May 2003 16:58:37 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/31/2002/main534852.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_534852Looking ahead to 2003, with a couple of glances back over their shoulders to 2002, experts give their views of what we might expect at the movies, on TV, in music and fashion, in medicine and in the world of finance.Fri, 27 Dec 2002 09:57:02 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/26/opinion/diplomatic/main534424.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_534424From President Bush's naming of the "axis of evil" to showdowns with Iraq and North Korea, it's been a dramatic and volatile year. CBS News State Department Reporter Charles Wolfson takes a look back and a look ahead.Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:12:08 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/16/2002/main533155.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533155Here are thumbnail sketches of important music, books, movies, television programs, theatrical productions, art works, and video games in 2002.Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:45:11 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/2002/main533705.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533705In the business of sports, there was an unusual number of stumbles, fumbles, and bumbles. Even so, the world's athletes never ceased to amaze their fans and, sometimes, break their hearts.Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:12:08 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/20/opinion/courtwatch/main533898.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533898From John Walker Lindh to Winona Ryder, 2002 was an eventful, and unpredictable, legal year. CBS News Legal Correspondent Andrew Cohen reports.Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:45:53 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/2002/main533768.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533768Slumping economies and the twin threats of terrorist attacks and war with Iraq dimmed the world's prospects in 2002, made worse by an October theater siege in Moscow Chechen rebels that left at least 129 hostages dead.Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:45:33 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/20/2002/main533853.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533853Here are the year's top business stories, as selected by U.S. newspaper and broadcast editors in a survey conducted by The Associated Press.Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:17:18 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/16/2002/main533140.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533140As the Internet matures, technology is finding ways to curtail your cruise, as you might discover if you try to access certain sites from a computer in the public library. Where might such controls take us in the days ahead?Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:57:10 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/2002/main533787.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533787As the telecom industry's business problems -- too many players chasing too few dollars -- came into sharper focus, so, too, did a cast of characters who used questionable or downright rascally means to try to mask their companies' falling fortunes.Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:18:10 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/20/2002/main533906.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533906Don't expect miracles from the U.S. economy in 2003. A lackluster performance is expected -- and that's the optimistic forecast.Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:57:09 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/2002/main533724.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533724It's a new day for the airlines, facing the challenge of surviving, with the long-term hope of thriving. This year, the industry took a beating.Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:29:46 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/2002/main533647.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533647In 2002, the most damaging revelations concerning sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church came not from alleged victims but from the church's own files.Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:25:37 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/16/2002/main533143.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533143One might think that the medical story of year would signal a step forward. But the buzz for 2002 focuses on the realization that hormone replacement therapy does more harm than good.Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:57:09 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/17/2002/main533391.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533391Plagued by scandals, 2002 invoked the need for a focus on conflicts of interest and the culture of self-interest that dominate corporate America. New industry standards force individual investors to adopt greater wariness, skepticism and vigilance.Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:52:16 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/20/2002/main533866.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533866The company that techies love to hate had a phenomenal year in 2002. Microsoft rang up record revenue in its most recent quarter, launched a flashy new video-game service and rolled out the Tablet PC.Wed, 18 Dec 2002 15:31:04 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/17/2002/main533367.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533367From terrorism jitters to the sniper attacks to corporate corruption and the looming war with Iraq; from church sex abuse scandals to child abductions to bioterror threats and the sagging economy, 2002 has been a year filled with anxiety.Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:12:09 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/25/opinion/garver/main534267.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_534267Special Contributor Lloyd Garver looks at stories you may have missed (or ducked) in 2002.Tue, 31 Dec 2002 15:35:19 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/31/earlyshow/living/money/main534844.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_534844Money Magazine personal finance writer Ellen McGirt offers constructive advice on how you might want to spend your money in 2003 how you can correct the course of your financial ship.Thu, 26 Dec 2002 09:38:55 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/2002/main533783.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533783After being socked by the potent combination of a recession and the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, the world's leading economy climbed back up tentatively in 2002 but remained sluggish and shadowed by doubt at year's end.Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:57:08 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/16/2002/main533146.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533146Many experts agree that 2002 will go down as a year where CEOs were forced to rethink how they do business in ways never seen before, following scandals at companies such as Enron and WorldCom.Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:08:36 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/2002/main533777.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533777R. Kelly and Christina Aguilera without clothes, Michael Jackson's dwindling nose and Axl Rose's no-shows. Surely we didn't wait a lifetime for the moments we endured in 2002.Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:39:30 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/2002/main533770.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533770The 75th Anniversary of television was almost completely overlooked, but hey, among TV's top 10 moments this year we've still got witless Ozzy, ticked-off Ted Koppel, the amateur antics of "American Idol" and Fox News Channel's sassy ratings sweep.Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:04:34 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/2002/main533749.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533749"Mr. Television" Milton Berle, director Billy Wilder, performer Rosemary Clooney and jazz musician Lionel Hampton were all remarkable figures in the world of arts and entertainment who died this year.Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:23:50 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/tech/main533721.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_533721The once lightly-regarded RNA molecule may be the key to controlling genes, embryo development, and perhaps even cancer.