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Many of the downed live oaks left by Katrina are now safely in storage at the Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. The wood is invaluable for ship restoration, and the whaler Charles W. Morgan, built in 1841, will be the immediate beneficiary.

Animated film director John Davis is back in theaters this month with The Ant Bully. His cartoon hero, one Lucas Nickle, is a boy cut down to size by a colony of creepy-crawlies. But before Davis made movies he read books. A short list for the younger set.

Gen. Michael Hayden, President Bush's nominee to head the CIA, is a highly respected military man with extensive intelligence experience. But his past work was more grounded in the signal intelligence of the National Security Agency than the human intelligence he would oversee at the CIA.

Mumbai native, and author, Suketu Mehta talks with Steve Inskeep about his home town. With 16 million people, it's the cultural and financial capital of India. Mehta describes the jammed trains in the densely populated city as a "great social laboratory." He also details how the city's name came to be changed from Bombay to Mumbai.

Israeli airstrikes target southern Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, on the fourth day of fighting between Israeli and Hezbollah forces. Lebanon's diverse communities are divided over Hezbollah's actions and the Israeli response.

Margaret Sartor offers an account of growing up in 1970s Louisiana in Miss American Pie, a memoir of adolescence told through diary entries written during Sartor's girlhood.

Melissa Block talks with Dr. Marvin Ott about the relationship between the military and the CIA in light of Gen. Michael Hayden's nomination to be the next CIA director. Dr. Ott is a professor of national security policy at the National War College.

Ying Ying Yu has a maturity beyond her years. The 14-year-old immigrant from China believes she has a duty to honor the sacrifices made by her parents, her ancestors, her teachers and her homeland.

The United Nations Security Council is delaying its formal response to North Korea's July 5 missile tests, as diplomats give China time to persuade its longtime ally to cooperate. The tests are challenging China's credibility as an effective diplomatic broker.

Israeli forces block Lebanon's ports and put its international airport out of commission, while extending a search for two captured Israeli soldiers near the border. The conflict has sparked two days of heavy fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon.