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Filmmaker Mario Van Peebles, along with his family, takes a lighthearted approach to going "green" in a new reality television show on cable network TV One. "Mario's Green House" follows the Van Peebles as they try to build a home that's environmentally friendly. Mario Van Peebles describes the project and spreading the green message within communities of color.

Best-selling author Dan Brown's latest novel, The Lost Symbol, draws on the lore and mystique of the Freemasons. Once the object of fear and suspicion, the group is now a social organization with spiritual leanings.

Critic-at-large John Powers discusses two new works — one a documentary, another a novel, that blur the lines between public and private lives.

Van Gogh, N.C. Wyeth and other artists recycled canvases by painting over previous works. Today museum scientists are using new x-ray technology to uncover the outline of hidden paintings, and using chemistry to fill in the colors.

Former Republican Majority Leader Tom Delay is the first politician to compete on Dancing With The Stars. In Monday night's season premier, Delay and his partner Cheryl Burke scored a 16 out of a possible 30 from the judges, and then viewers got a chance to vote.

Composer John Cage was Merce Cunningham's life partner and longtime collaborator. Cage, who died in 1992, was a pioneer of electronic music and compositions involving chance and randomness.

British historian David Cesarani's new book, Major Farran's Hat, is a nonfiction account of the final days of the British mandate in Palestine.

Duncan Jones talks about his first feature film, Moon. It's an indie sci-fi flick about living on the moon. Drawing from current NASA research projects, Moon aims to paint a realistic picture of a lone astronaut in charge of mining the moon for an energy source.

Nearly 40 years ago, Charles Manson and his commune of followers embarked on a gruesome killing spree in California. Now, director John Waters argues for one of the murderers' release from prison.

London cabbie, Will Grozier, offers some book recommendations. Included are: The Wild Places, by Robert Macfarlane; Sepulchre, by Kate Mosse (due out in April); and Drop City by T.C. Boyle.