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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.

In his new book, Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, Yale professor and literary critic Harold Bloom wrestles with the meaning of God's covenant with the Hebrew people. Bloom discusses his own troubled feelings about the Hebrew God Yahweh with Debbie Elliott.

CeCe Winans takes pride in having never strayed from the principal message of gospel music: love and reverence. But her new CD, Purified, updates the sound with touches of soul, R&B, and even hip-hop to give her tunes a contemporary feel.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fought for his life Thursday following seven hours of emergency surgery to stop widespread bleeding in his brain. The massive stroke made it unlikely that he would return to power.

Country singer Gretchen Wilson lived the hardscrabble life she depicts in her songs. Wilson was born to a teenaged mother and dropped out of high school. She worked as a bartender before getting her lucky break and is considered one of a new breed of Nashville star. Her latest CD is called All Jacked Up.

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.

Newark Mayor Sharpe James has announced he will not seek a sixth term, ending a 20-year legacy in office. James' slender victory over rival Cory Booker in the 2002 mayoral race was chronicled in the Oscar-nominated documentary Street Fight. Madeleine Brand speaks to Street Fight director Marshall Curry about Sharpe and Newark's political future.

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.

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.

The jury in Zacarias Moussaoui's sentencing trial decides that he is eligible for the death penalty. Moussaoui was defiant in the face of the ruling, yelling out in court, "You will never get my blood." In the next phase of the proceedings, the jury will hear more testimony and decide whether Moussaoui should receive the death penalty or life in prison.

The Supreme Court declines to review the case of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen arrested in Chicago and held without charges for more than three years. The government initially declared Padilla an enemy combatant. The justices warned that if Padilla's status changed again, they would return to the case.