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Columbia professor Edward Mendelson's book The Things That Matter explores how seven novels by women writers tell us about the stages of life.

"Who Wants to Be a Superhero?" started with eleven wannabes. By the final episode this week, two contestants remained. Commentator Stanford Carpenter takes a look at the show and concludes that, even in the world of reality television, good guys do exist.

A rally in Phoenix on Monday drew hundreds of people marching in favor of immigrants' rights. But the rally was far smaller than the massive crowds that gathered for a similar event in April. And this time, there was a lot more opposition.

Mayor Ray Nagin beats Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu in a run-off election to decide who will lead the city's recovery from Hurricane Katrina. The election centered on the racial makeup of the city and how New Orleans will be rebuilt.

The lockdown of China's largest city has dealt a blow to the economy and frustrated residents.

An old-fashioned steam calliope designed by luminaries in the worlds of art and jazz is on display at the National Sculpture Garden.

A new documentary airing on HBO puts a human face on the statistics coming from Iraq. Filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill and Maj. Merritt Pember, an orthopedic surgeon featured in the documentary, talk with Debbie Elliott about Baghdad ER. Filmmakersspent two months in Iraq in 2006. Maj. Merritt Pember is an orthopedic surgeon who was featured in the film, and has returned to Fort Hood in Texas. They talk with Debbie Elliott about the documentary.

Iran's president is maintaining his hard line on the country's nuclear ambitions, insisting that Iran will never give up its uranium enrichment program. He has rejected a package of incentives from the European Union aimed at curbing Iran's program. But other voices in Tehran suggest a compromise is still possible.

New York Times journalist C.J. Chivers has written a lengthy article for Esquire magazine on the bloody Sept. 2004 siege of a school in Beslan by Chechen militants. He talks with Liane Hansen.

Newly released documents reveal Einstein's most intimate moments and deepest feelings. Michele Norris talks with Walter Isaacson, who wrote a piece in this week's Time magazine about the newly released correspondence between Albert Einstein and his wives and children.