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Apple's iPod and other digital music players are reshaping the home-stereo business. Users aren't just relying on the devices to store their music. In some instances, they're using them as their main listening device in the home.

At the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the exhibit "Asian Games" reveals that many of today's board games were conceived centuries earlier. For instance, Chutes and Ladders began long ago in India as Snakes and Ladders. Curator Ann Gunter gives a tour of the show.

Democrats have begun hammering President Bush and the GOP for not doing enough to keep America safe from terrorists. NPR's Juan Williams talks with NPR's Renee Montagne about the flurry of off-season political activity in Washington, D.C.

With his latest CD, Ivey Divey, bandleader Don Byron pays homage to saxophonist Lester Young. Byron is a prolific musician who gets inspiration from all kinds of music. One of Byron's most-played recordings is Bug Music, heard, among other places, on NPR.

Aqualung created a stir in Britain with a pop song that first drew attention as the background for a car advertisement. Now Matt Hales' piano-driven pop act is quietly mounting a U.S. invasion with a new CD, Strange and Beautiful.

Commentator Rod Dreher lives in Dallas. He's been driving back and forth to work in a car without air conditioning all summer long. And while it hasn't been comfortable or easy, it's made him appreciate the AC in his home and office. Dreher, a writer at the Dallas Morning News, is the author of Crunchy Cons. He blogs at Beliefnet.com.

A federal court judge in Maryland rules Washington, D.C.-area sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad should be held without bail. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

He is a former U.S. ambassador to Croatia, and is now professor of national-security studies at the National War College in Washington, D.C. Since the late 1980s he has been tracking Iraqi war crimes. He has also worked closely with the Kurds -- who control a small territory in northern Iraq. Galbraith will talk about what a post-Saddam Iraq might look like.

Stephen Sondheim turns 75 this week, but the legendary musical composer and lyricist of such classics as Sweeney Todd and Assassins is still going strong. New York's SymphonySpace hosts a 12-hour tribute concert Saturday.

Federal investigators are examining a commuter plane's cargo weight and tail assembly as they look for the cause of this week's crash in Charlotte, N.C. All 21 people aboard died in the fiery crash. Some airline employees say the plane "looked heavy" upon takeoff. Jaime Bedrin reports.