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There are countless memorable New Yorker magazine covers. But for every one that appears on the newsstand, countless more end up in the rejection pile. Now, a new book collects some of the best rejected covers and explains why they didn't make the cut.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in the intensive care unit of a Jerusalem hospital after seven hours of surgery to stop bleeding in his brain. The 77-year-old Sharon suffered a massive stroke late Wednesday.

Physicist Brian Greene believes that in unraveling the mysteries of the universe, we can find an appreciation for our own place in the cosmos and be inspired by the drama of exploration and discovery.

What kind of house can you buy with $206,000 -- the national median? In the more subdued Milwaukee real estate market, Wisconsin Public Radio's Chuck Quirmbach finds a suburban house with 3 bedrooms, a garden and more than enough garage space.

Robert Siegel talks with Charles Snee, senior editor at Linn's Stamp News, about the recently rediscovered "Ice House" envelope, believed to be lost for 38 years and recently rediscovered in Chicago. It has the only known cover of an 1869 Abraham Lincoln 90-cent stamp.

Jennie Erdal was the ghostwriter bheind several best-selling novels published under the name of her boss, a well-known British publisher and businessman. She explores the complex nature of creativity and anonymity in a new book: Ghosting: A Double Life.

That lighted, flashing floor where John Travolta strutted his stuff in the movie Saturday Night Fever is now the subject of a lawsuit almost as hot as the Bee Gees. Two businessmen are tangling over who owns this piece of disco history.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Richard Cook, co-author of Penguin Books' new Guide to Jazz on CD. Thousands of reviews of jazz cds are included in this 1,700-page book -- a virtual jazz primer. The book: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, by Richard Cook, Brian Morton. (7:19)Music used in Renee Montagne's interview with Richard Cook, co-author of The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD: 1. Duke Ellington-Jungle Nights in Harlem (FROM CD: Highlights from the Centennial Edition, RCA Victor) 2.Duke Ellington- Far East Suite Isfahan (FROM CD: Highlights from the Centennial Edition, RCA Victor) 3.Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers- A Night in Tunisia (FROM CD: Night in Tunisia, BLUE NOTE) 4.Medeski Martin and Wood- Sugar Craft (from CD: Combustication, BLUE NOTE) 5. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers- Hipsippy Blues (from CD: At the Jazz Corner of the World, BLUE NOTE)

President Bush tours the storm-ravaged city of New Orleans in a military transport. Troops swept through the area ahead of the president's arrival, making sure holdouts had been removed.

Libertarians say it's like watching dear friends in an ugly divorce, as the billionaire Koch brothers try to take control of the highly regarded Cato Institute. The head of Cato says the Kochs are out to politicize the think tank.

NPR's Noah Adams, continuing his series on low-wage workers, reports from New Orleans on the Kid's Cafe at Saint Philip Church. Every Thursday evening about 70 youngsters and parents gather for a white tablecloth dinner. The community effort is supported by Second Harvesters Food Bank, with the help of students from nearby Dillard University, a historically black school. Campus Kitchen volunteers prepare food the night before, and the Dillard students take a mentoring role at the dinner, talking to the kids about their problems and encouraging them to plan for college and professional careers.

Tributes to boxer Jack Johnson from Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis; An intimate home recording from Cantinero; A look at opposite day with Andrew Bird; The Who sung a Capella by Petra Haden and more.