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President Obama's choice of Chuck Hagel to lead the Defense Department faces hurdles, and there are questions about John Brennan at the CIA. Plus: Joe Biden tries for a consensus on guns. And Barney Frank wants to be an interim senator. NPR's Ken Rudin and Ron Elving try to make sense of it all.

The band U2 may wander "Where the Streets Have No Name," but we like to know where we're going. House musician/walking songbook Jonathan Coulton challenges contestants to name tunes that mention a famous road or street. Plus, tap your toe to Coulton's rendition of Sheryl Crow's "street" song, "All I Wanna Do."

Celebrities have many secrets. Did you know Clint Eastwood is secretly addicted to hot beverages? Host Ophira Eisenberg asks contestants to find the secret words hidden in celebrities' names, like the "teas" in ClinT EAStwood.

Money may not grow on trees, but it can be discovered all over the English language. In this Ask Me One More final round, puzzle master Noah Tarnow gives clues to words and phrases that contain a reference to a U.S. coin or monetary amount. It's not easy, but as a great man once said, "mo' money, mo' problems."

The Berlin Phil's Simon Rattle says the clock is ticking and the Chicago Symphony's Riccardo Muti has the flu. All the classical music world's news, collected for your pleasure. Plus: Sotheby's lets others sell violins and a tenor gripes about models.

The outspoken artist, who has spent time in prison, tells WBUR that state media never report the truth: "It's like bad air all the time." Imprisonment, he says, was like "little beans dropped on the floor in some corner and people just forget about you. It's a very terrifying situation."

If you feel bombarded by emails, phone calls, text messages and the daily stress that comes with them, there could be a solution for you. Some people have found relief in perfect silence. Host Michel Martin learns more about the popularity of silent retreats.

We know we need to eat more whole grains like whole-wheat bread, but white bread crust gives off chemicals that smell better to most of us. To combat this, manufacturers add sugar to whole-wheat foods, but this can make them less healthy.

The Mexican border city was the epicenter of the drug cartel wars, and it's still a violent place. Some 800 people were murdered last year, but that's down from 3,000 a couple years back. A priest who has lived through the worst of it says things are getting better.

Three years ago, a massive earthquake destroyed much of Haiti's capital city. Aid agencies from around the world pledged billions of dollars to help Haiti rebuild. But since then, many of the grand plans have fizzled, and some 350,000 Haitians still live in makeshift camps.