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David Levy, director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has resigned and the museum's board has set aside plans to build a dramatic new wing designed by Frank Gehry. The moves come in the midst of a financial crisis that has raised questions about what kind of place the Corcoran should be.

At a meeting of the World Archaeological Congress in Washington, D.C., archaeologists say post-war instability masks the full extent of Iraq's missing antiquities. But archaeologists stress that while looting is rampant in Iraq, similar destruction is occurring at museums and excavation sites around the world, including China, Guatemala and Afghanistan. Hear David D'Arcy.

Aspiring Spielbergs and Coppolas across the country are taking part in a contest called Fresh Films, where they hire actors and film their short screenplays. The best teen filmmakers will be announced in mid-August.

He's the founder and executive director of the Center for Public Integrity. It's a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization in Washington, D.C., similar to an investigative journalism outfit but without time and space constraints. Its mission is to expose corruption and power abuse by governments, corporations and individuals. For 11 years, Lewis was an investigative reporter at ABC News, and also worked at CBS on 60 Minutes. His work at the Center for Public Integrity has been widely praised.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff addresses the disruption of the terror plot targeting U.K.-U.S. flights.

For the first time since Ataturk secularized Turkey at the end of World War I, the Turkish parliament has approved an Islamic fundamentalist as Prime Minister. The emergence of an Islamic-oriented government in this traditionally pro-western NATO nation has caused concern and apprehension inside the country and without. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports. 13. WAR CRIMES -- The international prosecutor at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague has requested arrest warrants for two Bosnian Serb Leaders. Noah talks about the evidence at the trial, and the fact that prosecutor Mark Harmon claims that these hearings are not enough. >Music 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Music Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 14. PHILIP JOHNSON IS 90 -- Architect Philip Johnson, the man who designed the AT&T building in New York and Pennzoil Plaza in Houston, among many other buildings, is 90 today. Johnson's career has followed the evolution of architecture in this century. Critics say he has the greatest architectural presence of modern times, and that no one has known better where architecture was going decade after decade. NPR's Susan Stamberg profiles the architect.

Roderick MacLeish mischievously told people he was a wild animal trainer from Kenya. He said he was once a prisoner in Siberia, rescued by a pair of huskies. But the truth of MacLeish's life was far more interesting. The filmmaker, author and former NPR commentator died Saturday. He was 80.

I. King Jordan is a towering figure in the deaf community, because 18 years ago, he became the first deaf president of Gallaudet University. But ongoing student protests at the university are threatening Jordan's legacy.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the journey of one man back to his home in the mountains outside Sarajevo. It was his first trip since the siege of the city began nearly four years ago. The man was reunited with his neighbors whom he had known for 25 years. (8:00) CUTAWAY 2C 0:59 2D 14. NORTH AMERICAN ASTEROIDS - NPR's Richard Harris reports that researchers have found evidence that the United States was hit by a series of asteroids or comets similar to those that struck Jupiter recently. In the case of the U.S., the impacts may have occurred an estimated 300 million years ago. If confirmed, this would be the first such string of impacts found on Earth.

An American architect has designed a glass and marble museum that will house the 2,000-year-old Ara Pacis, Rome's "Altar of Peace." It will be the first structure added to the Eternal City's ancient historic center in seven decades.