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Renee Montagne speaks with reporter Alex Kleimenov in Kiev, Ukraine, about ceremonies taking place to mark 20 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Director Paul Weitz's new film, American Dreamz, satirizes American Idol and stars Dennis Quaid as a dimwitted U.S. president who goes on the show in an effort to save his falling approval ratings. Weitz's other films include American Pie and About a Boy.

The personal papers and correspondence of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., have long been considered priceless. But this week, the King family and the Sotheby's auction house will start the bidding at $15 million.

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case Wednesday about whether prosecutors can use federal racketeering laws to try corporations allegedly hiring people living and working in the United States illegally. Madeleine Brand talks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about whether the case could set a precedent for other immigration cases.

In a town full of museums, the Phillips Collection has always been Washington, D.C.'s most intimate, personal home for paintings. Now some 60 of its European masterworks are back after a four-year absence.

The Bush administration wants Congress to authorize billions to bolster New Orleans levees. But most of Plaquemines Parish is not included in the request. Communities such as Port Sulphur fear they'll be left out.

Among those helping to rebuild New Orleans is a small army of illegal immigrant workers from Brazil. Their journeys to America often involve the perils not just of crossing the Rio Grande, but of financing the trip by turning to loan-sharks back home.

For 60 years people living in Northwest Tennessee have been able to hear a radio program called Swap Shop. The format of the show is simple, harkening back to the days when radio was a predominently local medium. Listeners call or write in to buy or sell items, ranging from household items to farmyard implements. Producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister heard the program, and as part of an occasional series, they asked musician Kurt Wagner and his band Lambchop to use the show as inspiration for an original song.

The Web portal Yahoo! is now offering its own news reports from war-torn areas around the world. The "Hot Zone" is produced by a single reporter and a small support staff. It offers video, streaming audio, photos and written reports... and a place for readers to offer comments.

MiniKiss is a cover band devoted to the face-painting rock music group, entirely comprised of "little people." Madeleine Brand talks with Joey Fatale, founder of MiniKiss, about how the band now faces some competition from other bands, and what life is like as the miniature Gene Simmons.

Cambodian-born Andrew Thi committed crimes in the United States as a teenager. Now 30, he faces deportation to a homeland he barely remembers. Thi's story is told as part of "Crossing East," a radio series about Asian-American history.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Iran's defiant action -- breaking the seals on uranium enrichment centrifuges -- is a harbinger of deep troubles to come.