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The Bush administration releases scores of documents reflecting internal discussions about interrogation methods for U.S.-held prisoners. The release comes as the administration makes its case that it never gave approval for the torture or abuse of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan or Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Jackie Northam.

Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64. Fischer died in a hospital in Iceland, where he had lived for several years.

In a tense election season, candidates from both parties are courting the evangelical vote. But, within the evangelical community, there are differences of approach regarding issues of same-sex marriage, the environment and abortion. Two evangelical leaders — the Rev. Harry Jackson and the Rev. Jim Wallis — discuss faith and politics.

From hotels to cell phone bills, companies attach a barrage of hidden, extra charges. One reason is the Internet. Online shopping permits consumers to comparison shop for bargains. So companies are countering low prices with hefty fees.

Download new music from Merchandise, Reigning Sound, The Barr Brothers, Field Report and more.

The host of KPFK's Global Village brings samba, reggae and more to weekends on All Things Considered.

Alt.Latino talks to five people affected by U.S. immigration law, and plays songs that reflect their experience.

Award-winning poet and educator Nikki Award-winning poet and educator Nikki Giovanni has a new book of poems focusing on love. The legendary writer talks about her 27th work, Bicycles: Love Poems. Giovanni, also a distinguished English professor at Virginia Tech, explains what influences her writings.

When Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was an infant, her family was told she would become a great woman. But assuring words, unfortunately, were not enough to shield Africa's first woman president from a life of hardship, which included an abusive marriage.

Culture coach Valorie Burton gives advice on what to say — and what not to say — to a friend who's recently lost his or her job.