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Dr. Stuart F. Seides, associate director of cardiology at the Washington Hospital Center, discusses the potential cardiac care of Harry Whittington, the attorney who was accidentally shot Saturday by Vice President Dick Cheney. Whittington suffered a minor heart attack Tuesday.

The video-sharing Web site YouTube.com has changed the way some people see the Internet. But it's also changing how people hear vintage artists, from the late Wilson Pickett to the up-and-coming Arctic Monkeys.

President Bush's fifth State of the Union message was similar to his previous ones in many ways. One hallmark: the traditional mob scene outside the chamber, where reporters sought response to the speech from lawmakers.

Fear and paranoia often take hold when a disease threatens to become an epidemic. Dr. Marc K. Siegel is the author of the new book Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know About the Next Pandemic.

Over the last decade, Chan Marshall, who's known as Cat Power, has made a name for herself in the indie-rock world. On her latest album, The Greatest, she traveled to Memphis, where she recorded with some of the city's legendary soul musicians. The mix makes for a slow but infectious record.

Outgoing Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan once used a colorful phrase to describe the unbridled enthusiasm of stock market investors: "irrational exuberance." Robert Pound, an associate professor of music at Dickinson College, thought the phrase would make a great title for a piece of music.

A Danish newspaper has apologized for publishing caricatures of the prophet Muhammad amid protest in the Arab Muslim world. Commentator Shibley Telhami says that protests against Denmark reflect Arab suspicion and mistrust of the West -- and also how easily an insult can escalate into a crisis.

Students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., react to President Bush's State of the Union address. One in the mostly Democratic audience here says he heard nothing in the speech that gives him confidence in how the Iraq war is being handled.

Federal officials failed to act quickly or decisively enough in response to Hurricane Katrina, congressional investigators say. The failure to designate a single official to lead the overall federal response made matters worse, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Iranian government officials from the president on down emphasized that they will not give up the right to enrich uranium and they insist the United States and Europe are falsely accusing Iran of seeking nuclear weapons. Linda Wertheimer talks to Mike Shuster.