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President Bush appears in Ohio on Day 44 of his 60-day Social Security policy campaign. Other administration officials are also touring to address the issue: Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt held a session Wednesday in Chicago.

Monday, 115 cardinals of the Catholic Church will withdraw into a conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. The session, the first in 27 years, will be a blend of Old-World pageantry and state-of-the-art technology.

For four years, the National Park Service has been gathering natural sound in dozens of parks across the country. The idea is to protect visitors -- and wildlife -- from unwelcome noise.

Williamstown Theatre Festival in western Massachusetts offers a summer program that has been called "theater boot camp." British-trained actor Roger Rees is the company's new artistic director.

The movie Asylum opens this weekend. It's an "erotic thriller" starring Natasha Richardson, Marton Czokas and Ian McKellen. It joins a long tradition of cinematic portrayals of mental hospitals, most of which are pretty off base.

In Seoul, three stories above street level, a cafe caters both to people and to dogs. As the human clientele sip drinks and slurp noodles, the canine clientele eat dog food and just about anything else.

Atlanta's City Council passes an ordinance to ban panhandling within part of downtown Atlanta. Business leaders urged the ban, saying they want more tourists to visit downtown Atlanta. Homeless advocates say the ban is unconstitutional and the city should be doing more to help the homeless. Susanna Capelouto of Georgia Public Broadcasting reports.

Roger Cohen's book Soldiers and Slaves tells the story of 350 American GIs sent to labor camps by the Germans during World War II. They were Jewish or suspected of being Jews. More than 70 died in captivity. Cohen and camp survivor Gerald Daub discuss the book.

Stuntwoman Jeannie Epper is featured in a documentary on her craft called Double Dare. Now 64, Epper did the stunts for Lynda Carter in the Wonder Woman TV show, among countless other jobs. She comes from a family of stunt artists; her father doubled for Errol Flynn.

The Base Closure and Realignment Commission this week will hold its first public hearing (in Rapid City, S.D.) since releasing its base closure list. Communities and congressional members that are facing changes are preparing to make their cases.