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A new book argues that Motown was a step in the evolution of the American popular song, a tradition reaching back to songwriters like Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter.

On Dec. 26, 2004, the biggest tsunami in recent memory killed more than 250,000 people around the coast of the Indian Ocean. Two years after the tsunami, people displaced by the disaster are still living intents or makeshift homes. The Red Cross promised to build 50,000 homes; so far, there are only 8,000. Host Robert Siegel speaks with the United Nations' Miloon Kothari.

The bacon of the month club brings a different gourmet smoked pork to your door each month. The artisinal bacons were all tried and tested by John T. Edge of the Southern Foodways Alliance.

Commentator Jason Berry attended two funerals in the past week and describes them and the mood in New Orleans.

Hostile questioning and a tense exchange with a fellow Republican, Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, mark Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

A memoir tells of a journey between two countries and cultures. My Name Is Iran follows three generations of Iranian-American women and the personal, political and religious decisions that each must make.

South Korea's Ban Ki-Moon starts work today as the new secretary-general of the United Nations. He says he will pay particular attention to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, and the nuclear standoff with North Korea.

The Labor Department's employment figures for the month of December are a bit stronger than expected. And economists expect the labor market will remain relatively strong despite a slide in the housing industry.

U.S. military forces have long planned the operation under way in Somalia, training Ethiopian troops and gathering intelligence on the ground. They have awaited an opportunity to attack Islamist extremists there.

A college senior traveled the world to immerse herself in other religions and began to question her own. But her doubts led her to a firmer spiritual path and bolstered her thinking about other faiths.