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Once described as "the only band to ever open for both The Grateful Dead and the Ramones," Cracker blends country, punk, psychedelia, folk and roots-rock to create a version of Americana that's as intoxicating as it is original.

Public schools perform favorably with private schools when students' income and socio-economic status are taken into account, according to a new report from the U.S. Education Department. The findings counter a popularly held notion, that private schools outperform public schools.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are marking their 30th year in the business with a U.S. tour, and Petty has a new solo album, Highway Companion.

Just more than a year ago, Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) stood in the way of controversial U.N. ambassador pick John Bolton. The Bush administration worked around Senate opposition by giving Bolton a recess appointment to the job. Now Bolton is back up for Senate confirmation.

Matt Amorello quit his position Thursday as chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, which controls the Big Dig -- Boston's $15 billion project to redirect highway traffic through the center of the city. Earlier this month, a woman was killed when concrete panels fell from the ceiling of a highway tunnel. Robert Siegel talks with reporter Fred Thys from member station WBUR in Boston.

In the late 1960s, just as San Francisco was having its own Summer of Love, a rustic canyon at the heart of Los Angeles was also in bloom with songs that defined the moment, written and performed by the bands that defined a generation.

Israel said it targeted known Hezbollah strongholds or areas used to launch rockets. But a former Israeli prison may have been hit to erase evidence of what happened there during an earlier Israeli occupation.

During a hiatus from The Frames, Glen Hansard recorded The Swell Season with Czech singer Marketa Irglova, and the result aches and swoons behind lovely arrangements. A longtime master of sublimely melodramatic sad-bastard music, Hansard finds words of hard-won hope and comfort on "Falling Slowly."

Computer maker Hewlett-Packard confirms it ousted a board member for media leaks. But HP's internal probe of directors' phone records has prompted another board member to quit in protest, and the SEC is investigating.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair faces pressure from junior members of his government to follow their lead and resign. Blair says he won't seek election again, but has set no date to leave office.