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Alaska's Augustine volcano has erupted for the first time in two decades. Local volcanologists are pleased their computer models predicted the event accurately, but they anticipate that the big blast is yet to come. Alaska Public Radio's Annie Fiedt reports.

Independent video stores are struggling to maintain a foothold in a shrinking rental market. In Seattle, Scarecrow Video is managing to stay afloat thanks to its varied selection.

Two near-simultaneous bombings kill more than 20 Iraqis in the heart of Baghdad. Iraq's insurgents have ratcheted up attacks over the past few days. U.S. and Iraqi officials say the rise in violence is linked to the impending announcement of final results from the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections.

The practice of "laughter therapy" is growing in popularity. Devotees say the simple act of laughing helps relieve stress and improves things like blood flow and digestion. It's getting so popular that even the Pentagon is training military families to use it. Luke Burbank talks to some practitioners and the self-proclaimed head of the "laughter movement" to find out what's so funny.

Commentator Aaron Freeman loves to use dinner parties as a way to check out foreign cultures. Recently, he decided to cook and eat his way to Scandinavia with a little lutefisk.

Internet search engine Google is drawing praise from civil libertarians for its refusal to hand over records about the search requests of millions of its users to federal prosecutors. Government lawyers say they need the information to defend a law meant to protect children from online pornography.

Surveillance video cameras on Thursday morning captured two young men beating a homeless man on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. with sticks and baseball bats -- one of three attacks on homeless men in a single night.

Ibrahim Rugova, the president of Kosovo, dies of lung cancer at 61. He was long identified with ethnic Albanians' struggle for independence from Serbia. John Ydstie speaks with Tina Raja of the Associated Press about the Balkan leader.

Hollywood sports films often ignore facts in favor of plot, and the new hit Glory Road is no exception. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Ron Rapoport and John Ydstie talk about basketball movies.

Flat-screen televisions, iPods and the Internet are radically changing how viewers consume video programming. In the first of a three-part series of reports on the future of television, Rick Karr looks at the ways technology is changing how viewers watch TV.

Ariel Sharon is in stable but serious condition after five hours of surgery that stopped bleeding in his brain. A brain scan on the Israeli prime minister shows significant improvement, a hospital official says.

In the second of a three-part series on the future of television, Rick Karr looks at how new technologies are influencing what television viewers are more likely to watch -- shorter, more immediate clips of longer shows.

Jody Williams believes extraordinary things can happen when ordinary people decide to take action. Her own activism led to a 1997 international treaty banning landmines and to a Nobel Peace Prize.

Brazilian Bossa Nova legend Sergio Mendes teams up with Black Eyed Peas front man Will.i.am to make hip-hop with a Brazilian flavor. Renee Montagne interviews Mendes and Will.i.am about the album Timeless.

Farai Chideya talks to Slate contributor Jude Stewart, reporting from Berlin, about an unexpected New Year's Eve tradition in Germany. Every year, tens of millions watch an old British television comedy sketch called "Dinner for One."

Millions of people enter the United States by avoiding inhabited areas, crossing fragile desert and mountain ecosystems. Often, they burn wood, leave trash and create trails. And pursuing them, the Border Patrol chews up the landscape with motorcycles, ATVs and SUVs.

In North Carolina, tobacco auctions were once festive occasions, where the smell of money competed with the scent of newly dried tobacco. But those days are over. And once-busy auctioneers like Gregg Goins and Steve Nelms are left to adapt to what's next.

The historian, soon to turn 91, says he always hopes for "a better life... not merely for me, but for all of us," adding: "The only way we can have real peace and happiness in this country and in the world is for everybody to have peace and happiness. And that's what I want."

The daughter of artist Walter Inglis Anderson lost her home as Katrina ravaged the family's compound. But the return of birds to the Gulf prompts this: "Emily Dickinson said hope is a thing with feathers... I think the birds are like that for me."

The FCC wants to know if radio programmers at Clear Channel Communications Inc., CBS Radio Inc., Entercom Communications Corp. and Citadel Broadcasting Corp. received cash or gifts in exchange for playing songs without disclosing such a deal.

Turkey hosts the longest stretch of a new transnational pipeline that will carry oil from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. Construction is nearly a year behind schedule and financial disagreements over the project may cause further delays.

For workers with traditional pension plans, this was the year many had to face a harsh reality. About a quarter of a million people saw their pensions turned over to a government corporation, meaning lower benefits in the future.

A look at potential changes in lobbying, following the criminal charges filed against super lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Twelve of 13 men are dead in one of the worst mining accidents in years. The White House has promised a full investigation of the disaster. Major questions remain: What sparked the blast that trapped the miners? And why weren't mistaken reports of a miracle rescue corrected more quickly?

President Bush's five-day tour of South Asia is coming to an end. In Pakistan, he conferred with President Pervez Musharraf on the war against terrorism amid anti-U.S. protests from Muslim groups.