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The Senate Armed Services Committee holds hearings on prison abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, leveling sharp criticism at the CIA. Army reports that the CIA brought dozens of "ghost" detainees to the prison led senators from both parties to call the practice "unacceptable." NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

Richard Armitage says he never said the United States would bomb Pakistan if the country didn't help in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida, as Pakistan President Musharraf told CBS' 60 Minutes.

The self-proclaimed comedy porcupine talks about his new novel, Into Hot Air: Mounting Mount Everest.

In a concert recorded by Swiss Radio DRS2, the charismatic Richard Bona has a heavenly voice and plays a funky bass. His newest CD is Bona Makes You Sweat, and at the 2008 Basel Jazz Festival, he goes further than that. Bona makes you swoon, sing, stand up and boogie with his band from Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S.

Journalist David Kirkpatrick covers Congress for The New York Times. As part of a series on class issues for the paper, he co-authored a story on the increase of evangelical Christians on Ivy League campuses. The article was published in the Sunday, May 22, edition.

Pere David's Deer was near extinction before a French missionary helped rescue it at the turn of the 19th century. The animal's story may reflect new environmental awareness in China, despite social and economic pressures still threatening the country's wildlife.

Dan Reeder's mixture of folk, blues and early rock and roll — combined with his do-it-yourself approach to his music and his sympathetic voice — has led him to a new stage in his life, touring with singer/songwriter John Prine and releasing a second album.

A new collaboration with Oxford American magazine spotlights the South, starting with a dispatch from the most obese county in the U.S.

A new collaboration with Oxford American magazine spotlights the South, starting with a dispatch from the most obese county in the U.S.

on allowing student athletes to work during the school term in order to lessen their reliance on agents.

Singer-Songwriter Mike Doughty begins the first day of his self-proclaimed 'Small Rock World Tour' by taking caller questions and performing songs from his new album Haughty Melodic at NPR's Washington studios. Doughty is the former frontman for the group Soul Coughing.

Sadness permeates Greg Trooper's new album, though he says it wasn't planned that way. "I always... try to leave room for hope at the end," but a couple of songs on the CD "don't really have any doors out."