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An international energy consortium announces it will try to ease the crunch on oil supplies by releasing more than 60 million barrels of oil from its stockpile. The International Energy Agency, of which the United States is a member, is hoping to help rein in soaring gas prices.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Kathy Emerson from Brunswick, Maine. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WMEA in Portland.)

An exploration of the world of jousting finds a curious rivalry between "serious" jousters and the entertainers who perform for the crowds at the popular Medieval Times restaurant chain.

Day to Day contributor, musician, golfer and avid technology freak David Was talks with Alex Chadwick about what's hot and what's not at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. More than 2,500 exhibitors are touting their latest electronic gadgets and software.

President Bush signed a sweeping energy bill into law Monday, and proponents say it should make the nation's electrical grid more reliable. But opponents contend the measure will make it easier for utility companies to play accounting games.

Family and friends last night remembered the 12 miners who died this week at the Sago Mine in West Virginia. Company officials tried to explain what happened to the miners and why the families had been misinformed about their fate. From West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Emily Corio reports.

Swedish pop star Jens Lekman sounds more like Lawrence Welk and Burt Bacharach than his American counterparts Kanye West and Ashlee Simpson. His deep, silky voice and instrumentation lends his music a retro pop feel, but the lyrics are too odd to be throwbacks.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera became the longest-running show in Broadway history Monday, breaking the uber-composer's own record that he set with Cats.

Slate contributor Emily Yoffe describes her recent experience as a college sports mascot -- the inflatable, 10-foot-tall "Big George" mascot for George Washington University.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in the intensive care unit of a Jerusalem hospital after seven hours of surgery to stop bleeding in his brain. The 77-year-old Sharon suffered a massive stroke late Wednesday.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be sedated for up to 72 hours following emergency surgery for a massive stroke, hospital officials said Thursday.

The trial of radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri began in London Monday. He is charged with 16 offenses, including incitement to murder and possessing a document relating to terrorism. He's also the subject of an extradition request from the U.S. government.

Photographer Francine Orr has seen first-hand the faces and heard the voices of child soldiers caught up in brutal conflicts. Orr recently published a photo essay of images from Uganda, and the children of the so-called Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA.

Officials in Pakistan now say as many as 40,000 may have been killed in Saturday's earthquake, and the toll could go higher. Neighboring India also saw an impact, with widespread damage and at least 2,000 killed. Relief from donor countries is beginning to trickle in, but more is needed.

For decades, the Los Angeles Archdiocese ignored parishioners' sex abuse complaints and shipped accused priests between therapy and new assignments, according to newly released personnel records involving 126 clergymen.

With lush, mournful songs, Antony and the Johnsons have grown from cabaret act to Carnegie Hall. Singer-songwriter Antony channels artists such as Boy George and Nina Simone, earning an enthusiastic critical and popular response.

In a videoconference with U.S. troops in Tikrit, President Bush renews his vow to stay in Iraq as long as it takes for democracy take root there. The White House also continued its defense of Harriet Miers as the president's choice to serve on the Supreme Court.

Doctors are gradually bringing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel out of a medically induced coma following the massive stroke he suffered last Wednesday. Doctors report Sharon is able to move his right hand and right leg, but they say it is still too early to assess damage to his brain.

The Iraqi parliament backs a last-minute deal meant to reassure Sunni Arabs and gain their support for the draft constitution ahead of Saturday's nationwide vote on the document. Kurd, Shiite and Sunni leaders hailed the news as evidence that different groups can work together in Iraq.

Singer and songwriter Jeffrey Osborne's new CD From The Soul showcases classic R&B tunes by popular stars like Teddy Pendergrass, Aretha Franklin and Curtis Mayfield. Osborne talks about producing the new album.

The Supreme Court hears arguments on an Oregon state law allowing physician-assisted suicide. The high court will decide whether the Justice Department has the authority to override state laws regulating the prescription of drugs and the practices of doctors.

After his 22-year-old son Lucas died during a whitewater kayaking trip, Gil Turner took a closer look at one important piece of gear: the helmet. Turner partnered with engineering students to build a better helmet -- and change industry standards in the process.

Pepperdine University's Douglas Kmiec and Jeffrey Rosen of George Washington University Law School and The New Republic continue discussion of Tuesday's proceedings during the confirmation hearings of Judge Samuel Alito.

Celebrated novelist JT Leroy, known for gritty novels that drew on his life as a prostitute and drug addict, doesn't really exist. Madeleine Brand talks about the hoax with literary critic Stephen Beachy, who wrote about Leroy for New York magazine last October. They also discuss new allegations that A Million Little Pieces, the best-selling memoir by James Frey, is a fraud.

A year after a rain-soaked hillside collapsed and killed 10 people in the Southern California oceanside community of La Conchita, plenty of people are ready to buy homes there. And many residents who survived the deadly incident have stayed in their homes despite the looming danger of another major mudslide.