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NPR's Scott Simon checks in again with writer A.J. Jacobs, who is reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica. Jacobs has made it through the letter P, where he has discovered that a Patch Box is the place where French people used to store their fake beauty marks.

Even Irish music sensation Damien Rice doesn't know exactly how to describe his own songs — part folk, part rock, a little chamber music, tied together with his unique, passionate singing voice. NPR's Melissa Block talks with the European music sensation on the eve of his first American tour — hear samples of his debut solo CD, O.

Music critic Mark Mobley examines three albums by English musicians that reflect the emergence of the gay civil rights movement.

The Supreme Court rules that minority college applicants may be given an edge when applying for admissions, but limits how great a factor race can play. Issuing two split decisions regarding the University of Michigan's admissions policies, justices strike down a point system used for undergraduate admissions, but uphold a law school program that gives race less prominence. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Dr. Samuel Barondes is a professor and director of the Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry at the University of California. He's also the author of the new book, Better than Prozac: Creating the Next Generation of Psychiatric Drugs. In the book he traces the history and analyzes the effectiveness of the current crop of antidepressants and considers the drugs of the future.

U.S. forces in Ramadi, Iraq, raid the houses of suspected guerillas, arresting several men and confiscating weapons as part of a campaign to stamp out growing Iraqi resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

Joel Rose of member station WHYY in Philadelphia has the first of two reports on the state of the music recording industry. He says that some big record stores are suffering, but smaller niche stores seem to be doing fine.

As lawmakers question intelligence claims of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, some surveys and analysts suggest that the public is largely unconcerned. While more Americans are willing to believe the administration may have overestimated Iraqi weapons, polls show the doubts have not caused large numbers of people to reconsider their support for the war itself. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson.

A rocket-propelled grenade attack on a U.S.-protected power plant in Fallujah knocks out more than half of the town's power. Over the past two months, four American soldiers have died and more than 20 others have been wounded in skirmishes with armed Iraqis in the town. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

Our summer reading series continues this week with Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com. Bezos is a fan of science fiction, though he says his favorite novel of all time is Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day (Vintage Books; ISBN: 0679731725).