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At a summit with European Union leaders in Ireland, President Bush wins a joint statement of support for Iraq's new interim government, and promises of help with reducing Iraq's debt and training security forces. But questions about the Abu Ghraib prison scandal dogged Mr. Bush during the visit. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook and NPR's Don Gonyea.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Dr. Elizabeth McNally talks about a study, published in today's New England Journal of Medicine, about a four-year-old boy born in Germany who was born with well-defined muscles. The child can lift seven-pound weights over his head.

M. (Matt) Ward's bittersweet lyrics and understated delivery have made him a favorite on the underground music scene. His latest CD is Transfiguration of Vincent.

Robert Ballard returns to explore the Titanic 19 years after he first located the world's most famous shipwreck. With new technology, including improved robotic subs, high-definition cameras and better lighting, Ballard says large sections of the sunken ocean liner are coming into view that weren't visible in his previous expeditions in the mid-1980s.

The psychologist who laid the intellectual foundations of cognitive therapy wasn't always lauded by the mental health community. In fact, Dr. Albert Ellis believed most psychologists and psychiatrists hated him -- and thought cognitive therapy was superficial. Ellis is now regarded as one of the most influential psychotherapists of the last century. NPR's Alix Spiegel reports. Editor's Note: This segment contains strong language.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews the new Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

A previously unreleased song by Nick Drake has been discovered decades after the drug-overdose death of the critically lauded singer-songwriter. The song, 'Tow the Line,' is from Made to Love Magic, a new compilation of Drake outtakes and remixes, set to be released in the U.S. in late June. Critic Tom Moon has a review.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett, a memoir about her friendship with the late Lucy Grealy, best known for her 1994 book Autobiography of a Face.

Supporters of outgoing CIA Director George Tenet say he leaves behind an agency with greater morale, increased covert-operation capabilities and much-improved relations with the U.S. president. But critics say Tenet's support of faulty intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction crossed the line into policy advocacy. Hear NPR's Mike Shuster.

Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says that if violence continues in Iraq, it may become necessary to delay a deadline to hold elections by the end of January of next year. Allawi's comments came just days before the June 30 U.S. handover of power to the new government. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.