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Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Fiona Apple's third album, Extraordinary Machine.

Members of a parliamentary committee in Iraq say they can draft the country's new constitution by the Aug. 15 deadline. Committee members face intense pressure from the United States to meet the deadline. So far, sectarian and religious differences have plagued the work of the drafting committee.

In two weeks, some 50,000 Israeli soldiers and police expect to remove Israeli settlements -- and their supporters -- in Gaza. The troops involved have been undergoing mental and physical training for the duty. They expect the settlers to appeal to their patriotism, and at the same time to resist, using all sorts of unexpected tactics.

Sudanese rebel leader turned vice president John Garang died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was a charismatic leader whose death strikes a blow to the January peace deal that ended a 21-year civil war between the mostly Muslim north and the Christian and animist south.

A new Spanish-language cable news channel, backed by the Venezuelan government, has been criticized for alleged links to terrorist causes. We look into Telesur.

Protagonist Abel Crofton, a 45-year-old recovering alcoholic shaped by his upbringing in New York, searches for spiritual fulfillment in the Dutch city. Heather Neff tells Ed Gordon her novel juxtaposes very different worlds that are closer than a first glance reveals.

Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff announces changes to his agency, including more centralized intelligence gathering, stronger border protection and better transportation security.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist is in the hospital. His spokeswoman at the Supreme Court says he went in because of a fever, and is being held for tests and observation. The chief justice is suffering from thyroid cancer, but he has confounded the pundits in Washington, who have long predicted his retirement.

Cambodian musician Daran Kravanh survived the "killing fields" and genocide under the Khmer Rouge regime, with the help of an unlikely ally: an accordion. Being a musician kept him alive during the brutal antil-Western genocide.

Relations between the White House and its press corps have turned sour this week over the Karl Rove controversy. ABC correspondent Ann Compton about the storied relationship between journalists and presidential administrations. Compton's White House career has spanned six Presidents.