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Microsoft reaches two antitrust settlements, hoping the European Commission will drop its fines. The software giant will pay $536 million to Novell, Inc. and an undisclosed amount to an industry trade group. Still, the EC still plans to go ahead with sanctions. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

Pop-rock band Dirtie Blonde is the brainchild of Aimie Miriello, who sought to combine singer/songwriter influences with, in her words, the energy of a band that rocks out. Her music is vulnerable, honest, and surprisingly catchy.

Some Texas Republicans worry that the intraparty Senate primary fight could make it difficult for to unite behind Tuesday's winner to defeat a potentially strong Democratic challenge in the midterms.

Tinariwen formed in the refugee camps of Libya and Algeria. They've carried instruments and rifles in their lives, and fought for the freedom of their Tuareg people. Their music is a mix of North African blues and at times reggae-influenced. Chris Nickson reviews their CD, Amassakoul.

The jazz trio headed by Sam Rivers has a new CD out, Violet Violets (Stunt label). Rivers' horn work is complemented by bassist Ben Street and Danish drummer Kresten Osgood.

Sex and the City took in more than $55 million last weekend — almost twice what Warner Brothers had hoped for the film based on the HBO series. At a Washington, D.C., movie theater, a mostly young, female audience was gushing over the movie's high fashion, stylish cocktails and frank talk about men and sex.

For the past six months, All Things Considered has followed the fortunes of a street in East New Orleans that was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding. This weekend, a dozen residents gathered at one of the few businesses open in the area for a town meeting.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with George Conway, a critic of President Trump running for Congress in New York, about the Justice Department's investigation into the president's accuser E. Jean Carroll.

The new head of CBS News is flexing her muscles at the network's most storied news program: "60 Minutes." We look at the upheaval.

The documentary Unknown White Male follows the life of a man who awoke one day at Coney Island with no memory. The film tracks his attempts to get reacquainted with his life and the everyday events he can't remember ever having experienced.

The event of snowboard cross, or SBX, is making its Olympic debut at the Winter Games in Turin. Four snowboarders race down a course at the same time in the event, dodging each other, while darting over challenging terrain. Members of the U.S. team talk about the challenge.

As graffiti culture goes mainstream, hip-hop impresario Marc Ecko launches a new game, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. Ecko talks with Robert Siegel about graffiti in modern culture and Robert Holt offers a review of the graffiti game.