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Leisure suits, big hair and the Bee Gees are just part of the draw of a new book, Bar Mitzvah Disco. Essays from Jonathan Safran Foer, Sarah Silverman and others document bar and bat mitzvahs from the 1970s through the '90s.

It's World War II, the Germans are bombing London and the widowed Mrs. Laura Henderson opens The Windmill Theater, a burlesque club. That's the gist of Dame Judi Dench's latest film, the quirky Mrs. Henderson Presents.

The Pentagon's 5 million computers make a tempting target for computer hackers. Officials reported 80,000 attempts to disrupt the system last year. What is being done to improve security?

R. Jeffrey Smith of The Washington Post discusses an advocacy group called the U.S. Family Network that was founded by and run at first by Tom DeLay's former chief of staff. The group was funded almost entirely by companies linked to lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

The University of Texas Longhorns rally past the University of Southern California 41-38 in college football's national championship. The high-scoring contest was punctuated by a last-minute touchdown run by Texas quarterback Vince Young.

Seven years ago this week, Kim Emerson lost her sister to random violence on a subway platform. Soon after, Emerson found a cherished reminder of her sister's life. The Kendra Webdale case sparked the creation of "Kendra's Law," meant to ensure that mentally ill people take needed medication.

The bartenders, waiters and busboys who once worked at the World Trade Center's Windows on the World restaurant are realizing a dream and opening their own restaurant, Colors, in lower Manhattan. Colors opened Thursday night.

Ayesha Rascoe talks with New York Governor Kathy Hochul about Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured three at a grocery store in Buffalo.

This averages out to more than 13 such attacks a week.

In many ways, Spike Lee's film Inside Man is reminiscent of an earlier heist flick called Quick Change. Scott Simon discusses both movies with Elvis Mitchell, host of The Treatment on NPR station KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif.