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Seu Jorge gained prominence with his unconventional take on David Bowie in the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. On tour to promote his album Cru, he talks to Scott Simon about his work.

Two big surprises awaited Paul Bremer when he arrived in Iraq: that the country's chaos made it ripe for insurgency; and that the U.S. government would withhold additional troops. Bremer became the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq in May of 2003.

A disc devoted to concert music by Leonard Bernstein is among four recent releases from conductor Marin Alsop, the new director of the Baltimore Symphony. The recordings show Alsop handling Brahms with the London Symphony Orchestra, and two Kurt Weill symphonies with the Bournemouth Symphony.

As San Francisco prepares to mark the centennial of the 1906 earthquake and fire, historians recall how Chinatown, destroyed along with much of the city, almost wasn't rebuilt.

Commentator John Ridley is critical of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson's offer to pay the college tuition of a woman who has accused several members of the Duke University lacrosse team of rape. The case has taken on strong racial overtones because the accuser is black, and almost all the members of the team are white. Ridley says Jackson should wait until the facts of the case are clear.

The explosion in 1815 of Indonesia's Mount Tambora was one of Earth's largest volcanic eruptions. It buried a tiny kingdom under billions of tons of ash and rock. Little by little, pieces of the village have surfaced.

When Margi Scharff felt stomach pain in India, she assumed it was "Delhi Belly," an ailment often afflicting visitors. The 51-year-old artist, based in Los Angeles, was instead told she has advanced ovarian cancer.

Crude oil prices hit record highs of more than $70 a barrel. At the end of trading Tuesday, the price settled at $71.60 -- a 95-cent increase over Monday's record close. President Bush, saying he is concerned about higher gas prices, promised the government would stop any price gouging.

Next week Medicare will begin enrollment for its new prescription drug benefit. With literally dozens of different enrollment plans available, Medicare unveiled a new Web site this week meant to simplify the process. But a new survey finds that it's going to take a lot more than a fancy computer program to help seniors sign up.

Douglas Kmiec, chair and professor of constitutional law at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., and Jeffrey Rosen, professor at George Washington University Law School and legal affairs editor at The New Republic discuss what has happened so far in day two of the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.