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There's a new marketing tool for book publishers: Trailers on the Web that promote their books. They're called "VidLits." One example: Yiddish with Dick and Jane.

Melissa Block talks with reporters Anthony Shadid and Steve Fainaru of The Washington Post about their article describing the three days they spent traveling with Iraqi and American soldiers in northern Iraq. Fainaru traveled with the Americans and Shadid with the Iraqis. They described the fear, mistrust and resentment existing in both groups.

On Feb. 21, 1965, Malcom X was assassinated at the Audubon ballroom in Harlem. On what would have been his 80th birthday, Allison Keyes reports on a new exhibit on the civil rights leader and the opening of the Malcom X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center on the site of the Audubon.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for a special election so voters can consider his far-reaching proposals on reshaping the state's government. The move bypasses the legislature. John Myers of member station KQED reports.

Last week United Airlines defaulted on workers' pension benefits, causing many to worry about their own company's retirement plans. A court ruling shifts the burden to the government Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. from the company. Dallas Salisbury, president of the Employee Benefits Research Institute, explains the implications.

The company Savage Beast's "music genome project" catalogues songs to the smallest detail in a bid to more accurately link people to music that they might like. Scott Simon talks with Tim Westergren, the founder of Savage Beast technologies. An interactive product will be available soon.

George Washington University Professor Orin Kerr is helping to rewrite part of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. He is trying to balance the privacy concerns of Internet service users with the terrorism concerns of law enforcement.

Michael Jackson has been declared innocent of child molestation by a California jury, ending a dramatic case that has drawn massive media coverage and interest from the pop singer's fans.

Even Republican members of Congress are proposing alternatives to President Bush's ideas for overhauling Social Security. A look at proposals from three Republican senators.

The Senate continues to debate the contentious nomination of John Bolton as U.S. envoy to the United Nations. Democrats allege Bolton may have mishandled classified information and are trying to delay a vote.