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Walter Cronkite's survey of the events that led up to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964 continues in its second part.

Commentator Walter Mosley reflects on the friends he's had and lost over the years.

An activist group has defused a controversy over a billboard protesting the Iraq war. Project Billboard had intended to put up in New York's Times Square a picture of a bomb decorated with stars and stripes reading "Democracy is best taught by example, not war." Clear Channel, which rented the space to the group, objected. The group has now agreed to change the bomb to a dove, plus a ticker tape showing the cost of the war.

This week, the Sept. 11 commission is expected to call for a new chief to coordinate the nation's intelligence agencies, including the CIA. The panel's report has not been released yet, but acting CIA chief John McLaughlin has already criticized the recommendation. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts.

The 1980s group Squeeze set a standard for British pop music that still sounds fresh today. Former frontman Glenn Tilbrook is now a one-man standard-bearer, and he's just released his third solo CD, Transatlantic Ping Pong. He speaks with NPR's Brian Naylor.

The presidential campaigns are in full swing and that's great news for America's political cartoonists. NPR's Renee Montagne talks about drawing the candidates with Pulitzer Prize winners Mike Lucovich and Mike Peters.

NPR's Susan Stamberg speaks with veterinarian Eric Clough about his idea that pets -- and pet owners -- could benefit for hospice care for animals.

The new film, I, Robot, starring Will Smith, is loosely based on Asimov's short stories. The author wrote about space walks before man landed on the moon but didn't particularly care for commercial plane travel. He died in 1992. (First broadcast Sept. 9, 1987.)

In the worst violence since Iraq's new government took over two weeks ago, a car bomb was detonated at the entrance to the interim governments offices, killing 10 and wounding 40. Soon after, insurgents ambushed the governor of Mosul's convoy, killing the governor and two bodyguards. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Thomas Edison's music room went unused since the days when he was using it to record the famous at the turn of the century. Lately, some top names have been back there in West Orange, New Jersey, making modern-day wax cylinders, which use no microphone, no electricity.