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Lance Armstrong's influence goes far beyond the sport of professional cycling. Among his many endeavors, he inspired cancer survivors and kick started the cycling economy. But Armstrong also found himself fighting skeptics who maintained he won seven tours with the help of performance-enhancing substances.

Police in Birmingham, England, arrest four men under anti-terrorism laws. Police say one of the men arrested is a suspect in the failed July 21 attacks on London's transit system. Officials continue the hunt for more suspects in the attacks.

A profile of a company that specializes in making "the couch" for therapists' offices. Kathleen Horan of member station WNYC reports.

NASA will try to launch the space shuttle Discovery Tuesday morning. A fuel sensor problem caused the launch to be delayed two weeks ago. NASA officials say all sensors were working properly when they refilled the fuel tank overnight. They estimate the chance of weather cooperating at 80 percent.

In the Luxembourg Gardens, the most beautiful park in Paris, a small white-haired woman sits in the sun inviting conversation. She holds a sign in her lap that reads "Hello! Let's talk."

Sid and Marty Krofft created some of television's most memorable hits -- and disastrous flops. The Kroffts are experiencing somewhat of a resurgence as their shows -- including H.R. Pufnstuf -- are re-released on DVD.

Health officials are recommending that high-risk patients, including the elderly and health-care workers get their flu shots early this year. But there is growing evidence that the best way to slow the spread of the flu would be to vaccinate young children.

Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov's music brings together influences of his eastern European roots, Jewish heritage and native Argentina. His new song cycle, called Ayre, was written for soprano Dawn Upshaw.

The two men believed to be the likeliest masterminds of Saturday's Bali bombings are wily, adept at evasion and good at recruiting others to carry out suicide bombings. The recruits may carry on with attacks even if the two men are captured.

At 88, Phyllis Diller has published a memoir, appears in the film The Aristocrats and has a documentary out about her retirement from stand-up comedy.