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The Director of Iraq's Museum of Antiquities talks about the looted treasures of Babylon, and the few that have made their way home.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the new CD by hip-hop artist Lyrics Born. It's called Same !@#$ Different Day.

Heard It on the X, the new album by Grammy winners Los Super 7, celebrates the golden age of radio along the U.S.-Mexico border.

We spotlight three more young people with promising futures: Jamail Larkins, one of the youngest U.S. pilots ever to fly solo; filmmaker Alrick Brown; and 14-year-old model Gerren Taylor.

Paul Haggis wrote the script for the Oscar-winning film Million Dollar Baby. For his initial shot at directing, he's picked a big subject: race and racism. Crash features a huge, diverse and mostly well-known cast.

A movie adaptation of Douglas Adams' science-fiction spoof The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy arrives in theaters this weekend. Bob Mondello says it's a mildly amusing movie.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan looks at what movie critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases, including The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, XXX: State of the Union and Ladies in Lavender.

Scott Simon talks with Amanda Gotera, a senior in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She's a recipient of the Scholastic Publishing Company's Annual Writing Awards, and reads from some of her work.

'Moms' are a lot easier to find in American society today than 'mothers.' Robert Siegel talks with Asif Agha, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, about how the decline of 'mother' can be traced to the extension of adolescence.

Alex Chadwick talks with Slate contributor Edmund Levin about his exploration of a famous moment involving fine literature and fine pastry. The madeleine -- a delicate cookie -- was featured in Marcel Proust's literary masterwork, Remembrance of Things Past.