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The songs on this list were made before iTunes was a glimmer in Steve Jobs' eye, so it stands to reason that they sound better bumping out of car speakers. Give these a spin and then track down the CDs, because they deserve to be heard the old-fashioned way. Turn your woofers up and roll down your windows — all of them.

An excerpt from Mosab Hassan Yousef's book, Son of Hamas.

Sen. Hillary Clinton is scheduled to testify Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which will decide whether to recommend to the full Senate that she be the next secretary of state. Clinton is expected to face tough questions from the committee's right flank, but not any major hurdles to confirmation.

He was a child star, an international icon, a running late-night talk show joke. But in his prime, his overbearing talent and ambition made him a musical genius. He was 50 years old when he died.

New Orleans native Joey Bonhage creates exquisite flora and fauna out of sheet metal — but he rarely leaves his small house to see the real thing. The 66-year-old artist suffers from chronic emphysema, but he still welcomes a steady stream of visitors to his dusty studio.

He was a conductor, an activist, and a public figure in the world of classical music. But before all that, Mstislav Rostropovich captivated the world with his cello. Sara Fishko talks to leading cellists about "Slava" and his legacy.

Voters in Mississippi will go to the polls on Tuesday to designate a new state flag. The old one, in place since 1894, bears a Confederate Flag symbol in the upper-left-hand corner. A new one was designed by a state committee. Melanie Peeples reports on the coming decision.

The hiss of a steam wand, a rumbling coffee grinder, back-to-work beeping and the blending of a frappuccino — audio cornerstones of a coffeemaker's job.

Any parent who's tried to get a child to eat something nutritious might want Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer in their corner. Their new CD, Bon Appetit! Musical Food Fun, features catchy songs about good eating habits and the importance of exercise despite lifestyles that don't always promote those goals. The Grammy-nominated duo discuss their latest project with NPR's Bob Edwards.

Asian-American stoners Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay while a new Errol Morris film, Standard Operating Procedure, documents the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal in Iraq. Bob Mondello says the latter is an eye-opener.

After Israeli paratroopers captured Jerusalem, Jews celebrated reunification of the divided city and renewed access to the Western Wall. But many longtime residents of Jewish West Jerusalem say the city is united in theory only, and question the wisdom of holding land captured by military might 40 years ago.

For San Francisco motorists, four dollars for a gallon of unleaded self-service regular is about to become the norm.