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In just five days, Israel has nearly cleared Gaza of all Jewish settlers. The process has sometimes been traumatic; scenes of violence Thursday in one settlement, Kfar Darom, have disturbed many in Israel.

Pharmaceutical company Merck will appeal Friday's $253-million jury award in the death of a man who had taken the painkiller Vioxx. But thousands of cases await the company in state and federal court.

The singer-songwriter's latest project is Front Parlour Ballads, a mostly acoustic work. Thompson tells John Ydstie about songs build around bikers, schoolyard bullies, dreamers, lovers and losers.

One of the founding members of the kung-fu-meets-hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan, The RZA also has written film scores, including those for Kill Bill and Ghost Dog, and a book called The Wu Tang Manual. (This interview originally aired March 7, 2005.)

Writer and producer Chappy Hardy is on a mission to eat his way across the southern United States, measuring the places he dines by delectability and cost-per-bite. He speaks with Scott Simon from Lil' Dizzy's, a restaurant outside the French Quarter in New Orleans.

President Bush appears in Ohio on Day 44 of his 60-day Social Security policy campaign. Other administration officials are also touring to address the issue: Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt held a session Wednesday in Chicago.

Senate Democrats close ranks to delay a vote on John Bolton's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Democrats say they will allow Bolton to face a vote, but only if the Bush administration provides access to classified documents.

In Spain, he is known as El Ingles, or "The Englishman." Frank Evans is the country's only British matador, and a knee injury may force him to retire at the age of 62.

Ben Berman lost his job as an airline pilot shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks. Three and a half years later, Berman returns to work behind the controls of a Continental 737.

The Alabama Preservation Alliance and the Alabama Historical Commission have just named historic gas stations across the state "places of peril." Architectural historian Melanie Betz tells Scott Simon what makes these gas stations worth preserving.