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Tim Hawkinson's art has been called slyly conceptual and a carnival sideshow, profound and preposterous. A mid-career retrospective is on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, receive the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. Matthew Bunn, acting executive director of the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, discusses the U.N. watchdog group and its work.

Hurricane Katrina forced residents that lived along the Gulf Coast to settle all over the country. Howard Berkes takes us to a town in Utah where the black population was less than one percent. Now, more than 300 Katrina victims, many of them African American, are calling the place home.

Speed dating has taken root in India, mixing traditional and modern ideas about love. Some of the clientele -- mostly young professionals who can afford the fee -- are sent by their families to find a partner, while others lie to their families about what they're doing.

Scientists studying anthrax say they are making progress understanding the bacteria and developing new vaccines. But the field is much larger than it once was, and some wonder if that's wise or necessary.

Costco, the members-only discount retailer, is testing sales of individual health insurance policies. The pilot program launched last month in California. It targets mom-and-pop business owners, and those without a job or without job-provided health insurance.

Host Robert Siegel continues his chats with residents of flood-damaged Honeysuckle Lane in New Orleans East. Pat Zeller lives at 40 Honeysuckle Lane, but is staying at a hotel on Canal Street. Floodwaters soaked her home's downstairs, but the rest of the house is in fair condition. She expects to move back in March.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has written about his interpretation of the constitution in the new book Active Liberty.

A German prosecutor is expected to brief the U.N. Security Council Tuesday about his investigation into the slaying of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The report has named senior Syrian and Lebanese officials.

President Bush has nominated White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke to replace retiring Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. Noah Adams speaks with Slate contributor Henry Blodget about Bernanke's personal finances, and what they can indicate about the man poised to take the reins of the U.S. economy.