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A year ago, an ambitious oral-history project called StoryCorps set out from Washington, D.C., to record and preserve extraordinary tales from ordinary Americans. The project's founder, David Isay, talks about recording true-life tales, on the anniversary of StoryCorps' first cross-country tour.

The filmmaker discusses the intersection of images and sounds on his solo album, Crazy Clown Time.

Letterman has hosted Late Show on CBS since 1993. He made the announcement during a taping of the show in New York.

Composer David Diamond died Monday at age 89. Diamond's works have been compared to those by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Blair talks about Diamond's life and about his composition Rounds.

It's been 30 years since he created the gender-bending Ziggy Stardust, and produced the now classic album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Over the years Bowie has produced albums for Lou Reed and Iggy Pop, and collaborated with Brian Eno. Bowie also starred in the films The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and Basquiat. This interview first aired September 4, 2002. [The audio for this segment is unavailable due to Internet rights issues.]

Context, analysis and reaction to former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron's interview.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Hamdan case challenges a key part of the Bush administration's policy toward terrorism suspects. A main architect of the policy is Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, David Addington -- subject of a recent New Yorker profile by Jane Mayer. She talks with Alex Chadwick about Addington's career and influence.

David Mamet, the writer of gritty dramas like 'Glengarry Glen Ross' and 'Heist', first went to Vermont at the age of 17 and was stunned by its natural beauty. The filmmaker's book 'South of the Northeast Kingdom' is an homage to the state where he has lived for 40 years yet still feels like an outsider. Read an excerpt and see photos from the book.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks David Lynch about Room to Dream, the director's new memoir.

TV critic David Bianculli Remembers Steve Allen who died Monday at the age of 78.