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On the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's murder, Steve Inskeep has a remembrance from Lennon's appearance on The Dick Cavett Show in 1971. The late Beatle was shot and killed outside his New York apartment on December 8, 1980.

Brazilian oil company Petrobras officially opens its latest deep-water oil platform. The new rig is expected to end decades of Brazilian dependence on foreign oil, and protect the country's economy from oil-price shocks.

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.

Federal forecasters expect more hurricanes than usual this year. Climate change is driving larger, more destructive storms. This is the seventh year in a row with an above-average forecast.

Gasoline prices have been falling over the past month, with the average dropping 20 cents in the last three weeks. But diesel users have not seen the same price improvements.

Three years ago, a huge section of an Antarctic ice sheet broke off and floated away. Now scientists have had a chance to look at what was under the shelf and have discovered huge mats of bacteria and clams. It's a cold seep, a rare phenomenon where methane bubbles up from under the seabed, and the first found in the Antarctic.

Efforts are under way to establish a tsunami early-warning system in the Indian Ocean, one year after the devastating tsunami. Financial and technological help have been flowing into the project from around the world.

The New Orleans music legend nearly perished and his home was heavily damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But his latest record looks toward the future with optimism.

Widely regarded as one of the best guitarists of all time, blues legend B.B. King is still recording at age 82. Music critic Milo Miles reviews King's newest album, One Kind Favor.

A few years ago, the banjo master Fleck set out to explore the birthplace of his instrument: West Africa. The results of his cross-cultural explorations are collected on a new album. He describes and performs some of his findings, with Malian kora virtuoso Diabate.