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Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, who commands U.S. detention facilities in Iraq, visits the Abu Ghraib prison and formally apologizes for the abuses committed there by U.S. personnel. Reporters were given a tour of the facility as former inmates gathered to protest the abuses. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt, NPR's Peter Kenyon and NPR's Jackie Northam.

Underhill studies and tracks the habits of shoppers in order to learn the best way to lead them to make purchases. His retail consulting firm, Envirosell, has helped big-name companies such as McDonald's, Levi Strauss and Blockbuster to study their customers' browsing and buying habits. He's the author of the book Why We Buy, and the new book Call of the Mall.

President Bush insists that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will stay in his cabinet despite revelations of Iraqi prisoner abuse at the hands of U.S. troops. Top Democrats are calling for Rumsfeld to resign. The defense secretary is to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee Friday. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea, NPR's Michele Norris and Sen. Jeff Sessions.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld testifies before Congress Friday about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in U.S. custody, one day after the U.S. House passed a resolution condemning the incidents. Rumsfeld's failure to inform Congress of the abuse before it was reported in the media has angered many lawmakers. Democrats intensify calls for him to resign. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

Last September, Morning Edition aired a story about a 9-year-old boy, Benjamin, with bipolar disorder. His moods and behaviors were unpredictable and changed rapidly throughout the day, and sometimes he was violent. Now 10, Ben is living full-time in a psychiatric facility for boys, where his treatment is designed to moderate his mood swings and teach him how to manage his own behavior. Michelle Trudeau reports.

- As part of our series of commentaries on the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American troops, psychotherapist Jeffrey Harper says that the desire to act towards enemies with cruelty -- and take pleasure from it -- is human nature.

Rapper Mike Skinner is Britain's version of the hip-hop star, but his second CD is more soap opera than thug life. Known as "The Streets," Skinner tells an entire story from start to end, involving girls, drugs, and returning video rentals. Critic Will Hermes a review the new CD, A Grand Don't Come for Free.

NPR's Robert Siegel is in Massachusetts, where he accompanied two men who were married Monday. Craig St. Clair and Brent Sverdloff have been together for 12 years -- we found out what marriage means to both men, and hear their ceremony by a justice of the peace in Brookline, Mass.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Give (Columbia) the latest by the trio The Bad Plus.

NPR's Scott Simon checks in with A.J. Jacobs, who has finished reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica, for some facts or guesses about Mother's Day.