Real estate investment trusts are on the move again, and Ross Smotrich, an analyst at Barclays Capital, thinks now is a perfect time to buy blue-chip REITs at bargain prices. (For another take on REITs, see page 108.) He likes Boston Properties ( BXP, 50) , which owns classy office buildings like Boston's Prudential Tower, San Francisco's Embarcadero Center and, in Manhattan, 399 Park Avenue, Times Square Tower and Citigroup Center.

FORBES

Well, Zuckerman had a prime tenant lined up to fill half of the 47-floor Times Square Tower.

FORBES: The Master Builder

Solar energy speculators want to build a solar tower facility in Arizona that would be more than three times the height of the Eiffel Tower.

FORBES: World's Largest Solar Tower Takes Next Step Forward

The installation, which organizers say is seven times the scale of the Eiffel Tower, was inspired by the 75th anniversary of the Bay Bridge in 2011.

WSJ: Bay Bridge Gets Lights, Action

As usual, the event's proceedings will pause six times to commemorate the moments each tower was struck and fell and the moments the Pentagon was struck and United Airlines Flight 93 crashed to the ground in Pennsylvania.

WSJ: Politicians Silenced at 9/11 Event

During the debate, Mr Halfon argued that charging for entry to the clock tower could lead to charges for visits to other parts of the Palace of Westminster during times when Parliament is sitting.

BBC: U-turn over Big Ben trip charges

With its working bell tower, the Centre County Courthouse, built in 1805, looks like a throwback to simpler times.

CNN: June 17, 2012 -- Updated 2034 GMT (0434 HKT)

Analysis by 5 live Investigates suggests someone in Leicestershire is more than 40 times more likely to be deprived of their liberty using the safeguards in the Mental Capacity Act than someone in Tower Hamlets.

BBC: UK

Barack Obama gave a 53-minute interview over breakfast aboard a chartered jet that took him to Chicago, and he described to these New York Times reporters that he is going to get tough, that he's going to come down from his tower, as he's been not wanting to engage in mudslinging.

NPR: Schwarzenegger Calls Marijuana a Leaf