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Georgian officials announce an inactive grenade was found near the site where President Bush spoke in the capital city of Tbilisi Tuesday. Officials say the president was in no danger.

Actor Andy Garcia narrates a story about the "readers" who made life in cigar factories tolerable.

A new study may have ended a 140-year-old dispute around one of the world's most valuable fossils. The ancient creature had the claws and teeth of a reptile, but the wings of a bird. At question: could it fly? NPR's John Nielsen reports.

The masters of cello have learned how to wrench mournful, longing sounds from their instruments, with the tug and stab of a bow across the four fat strings. But Erik Friedlander has a different approach: he often strums and plucks the strings instead of bowing them.

BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, who was abducted in the Gaza Strip earlier this year and held for nearly four months, writes a book about his ordeal. Kidnapped: And Other Dispatches describes his ordeal. He says a radio brought by guards offered a lifeline and psychological boost.

Betto Arcos, host of the KPFK world music program Global Village, shares a playlist of artists who make modern music by repurposing some very old Latin sounds.

An ABC video shows the animal trying on a woman's sunglasses after she dropped them into an enclosure at a safari park. The orangutan eventually throws the glasses back to the owner.

Tony Blair has stepped down as prime minister and leader of the ruling Labour Party — replaced by his former finance minister, Gordon Brown. He has been appointed as representative of the so-called Middle East Quartet to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

For centuries, storytellers of the Middle East have been retelling the tales of Sinbad and Aladdin. But the first teller of those tales, according to legend, was a young bride named Scheherazade. Rimsky-Korsakov spins the tale in music. Marin Alsop conducts.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf met with reporters Thursday and responded to accusations that he bears some responsibility for Benazir Bhutto's assassination. He said Bhutto was warned about the threat against her and asked, "Who is to be blamed for her coming out (of) her vehicle?"