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Louisiana isn't known for earthquakes. But during Brooks' Saturday night concert at LSU's Tiger Stadium, over a 100,000 fans danced and sang so hard, a seismograph on campus registered a small quake.

Commentator Frank Deford talks about Bobby Duval, a former soccer star and former political prisoner in Haiti.

Iraq's governing council debates issues surrounding the handover of power from U.S. forces to Iraqis, scheduled to take place by July 1. Prominent members of the council now oppose the U.S. plan to create an interim administration through caucuses. Instead, many want the council to retain sovereignty until elections can be held. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday echoed U.S. views that Iraqi elections can't be held before the July 1 transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. Iraqi Shiites express disappointment, but many still want U.N. help in setting up elections before the end of the year. But the delay is welcomed by minority Sunnis, who fear Shiites could sweep an early vote. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

Twenty-five years ago this week, China invaded Vietnam. But the border war between the two ended quickly, with the Chinese retreating after heavy losses. In a series exploring China's relations with its neighbors, NPR's Michael Sullivan reports the two are gradually strengthening their cultural and economic ties.

His documentary My Architect, about his father the great architect Louis Kahn, has been nominated for an Academy Award. It's an account of Nathaniel's encounter with his father's double life -- Louis Kahn was married with a daughter and had two other children by two different mistresses. It also explores his father's work, with interviews from his peers, including Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei.

The U.S. administrator for Iraq says it could take up to 15 months for a full transfer of power to an Iraqi goverment. Paul Bremer's remarks conflict with the wishes of Iraq's leading Shia cleric, who wants U.N. officials to establish a deadline for general elections. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Deborah Amos.

On the 50th anniversary of the high school basketball game that became the inspiration for the movie Hoosiers, NPR's Scott Simon talks to Bobby Plump in Indianapolis. He made the last second shot that gave his Milan High School basketball team the state championship.

Each year, doctors are armed with more genetic tests that can tell which people are vulnerable to what diseases. But making the decision to take the test is complex. In Part 1 of a new series, NPR's Joe Palca talks with a woman who chose to undergo genetic testing for breast cancer.

The North American gray wolf, wiped out at Yellowstone National Park in the 1930s, is thriving once again after being reintroduced less than a decade ago. Now the government is moving to end federal protection for the wolf under the Endangered Species Act. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports. See photos of the wolves from Yellowstone.