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AIDS activists are charging that groups promoting abstinence are undermining condom distribution in U.S.-funded programs overseas. They blame a stronger emphasis on abstinence in President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, while the administration says there's been no shift in its focus.

In Pakistan, authorities are looking for a missing reporter. Hayatullah Khan was kidnapped on Monday by militants after reporting the death of a top al Qaeda commander.

How do you know when you're instant messaging with a computer worm instead of one of your "buddies?" Security experts say it's getting harder to tell the difference. A malicious new computer worm initiates a chat with its victims and invites them to click on a link -- which allows it to spread to their IM buddies.

When rock singers want to learn how to use their voice without ruining their vocal chords, they often turn to Melissa Cross, otherwise known as the "Scream Queen." Cross teaches metal, punk and hardcore performers how to growl, bark, bellow — and scream.

Filmmaker and photographer Gordon Parks has died. He was 93. Parks captured black America as a photographer for Life magazine, and then became Hollywood's first major black director with the hit Shaft. He also wrote fiction and was an accomplished composer.

The United States plans to transfer about 600 Afghan prisoners to the custody of the Afghanistan government. The detainees are being held at Guantanamo Bay and at a U.S. air base outside the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The life of David Sedaris took an unexpected, and not entirely unwelcome, turn when his "Santaland Diaries" were first broadcast on Morning Edition in 1992. We reprise his story of holiday cheer.

When troops stationed in Iraq and elsewhere overseas watch the Super Bowl on TV, they don't see the commercials that everyone else does. Instead, they see taped messages recorded by players during the mayhem of Super Bowl media day.

Religious scholar Reza Aslan explains to Robert Siegel why the Muhammad cartoons recently published in several European newspapers are offensive to Muslims. The depiction of Muhammad is considered blasphemous by many in the Muslim world and has prompted vigorous protest.

Rock guitar has been trending louder, faster and more flamboyant. An exception is guitarist and singer David Gilmour. He hasn't put out a studio recording in 12 years, since Pink Floyd's The Division Bell. The drought ends this week with Gilmour's solo album, On an Island.