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Hezbollah bombs Haifa in northern Israel on Sunday, in the worst spate of violence yet. Rockets from the Labanese guerillas hit a train station where at least eight people died, and landed near an oil refinery and gas storage tanks. Residents hid in bomb shelters in the northern cities of Acco and Nahariya.

Searchers are still looking for victims of a tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Java on Monday, killing more than 300 people. There was no warning, despite efforts across the region to establish a tsunami warning system. John Ydstie speaks to Nate Cooper of the American Red Cross.

Claire Messud discusses her new novel, The Emperor's Children, set in New York City in 2001. Though her characters share in the Sept. 11 tragedy, the attack is not the focus of the book. Messud explains why.

Robert Siegel talks with one of the greatest right-handed pitchers ever to play in the big leagues, Hall of Famer Juan Marichal. Playing for the San Francisco Giants in the 1960s, Marichal was known for a huge windup kick -- and unhittable pitches. He is receiving a Hispanic Heritage Award from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation.

The states were not counted equally well for population totals used to determine their share of political representation and federal funding for the next 10 years, a new Census Bureau report shows.

Over a relentless, mathematical riff, Damone singer Noelle sings in a voice that's all the more effective for seeming devoid of emotion, while the rest of the band slashes away with a leanness that hews closely to the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal that greeted the dawn of the '80s.

Backup test results on Olympic medalist Marion Jones have cleared the sprinter of any wrongdoing, despite testing positive for an endurance-boosting drug in June. A second test for the substance came back negative. Robert Siegel talks with Dr. Gary Wadler, a member of the Prohibited Lists and Methods Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

On the Outside finds Starsailor refreshed after a period out of the limelight, while retaining a depth of emotion that attracted much attention earlier. The band performs live from WXPN and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, with singer-songwriter Peter Walker.

Israeli air attacks and artillery shelling are being felt across Lebanon and its capital, Beirut. In addition to the attacks, the air, sea and land blockade Israel has placed on Lebanon appears to be holding.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee holds a hearing on BP's corrosion problems in Alaska. A leak forced the shutdown of half the Prudhoe Bay oil field. Committee Chairman Joe Barton says evidence indicates the problem was caused by BP's poor maintenance of the pipeline.