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Food writer Patricia Wells has lived in Paris for 20 years, dining in the city's finest restaurants. Now she has a cookbook showcasing those restaurants' recipes. All Things Considered host Linda Wertheimer talks to Wells about her new Paris Cookbook. (5:15) The publisher is Harper Collins; ISBN # 0060184698.

If Cole Porter and George Gershwin provided a soundtrack for the city, then Hoagy Carmichael was the voice of America's heartland. A new Carmichael biography and song collection — both called Stardust Melody — lead a resurgence of interest in the prolific songwriter's work. Sing along Wednesday on All Things Considered

NPR's Eric Westervelt has an update on the war in Afghanistan. An explosion outside a United Nations guesthouse in Kabul yesterday punctuated the U.S. military's sober assessment of the war that came just hours earlier. Instability still seems to plague Afghan cities. The war is now characterized by skirmishes, while coalition forces hunt for Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives along the Pakistani border.

An investigation is underway following Saturday's arrest of al Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Mohammed is being held at an undisclosed location outside of Pakistan. Everything found in his living quarters in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi will be analyzed by the FBI. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Tim McGirk who's following the story for Time Magazine.

Saboteurs in western Iraq blow up part of a gas pipeline that had supplied fuel for Baghdad's main electric generators, affecting the city's electricity and water supplies. Experts predict it could take weeks to fix the problem. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

Police in London now say the man chased and shot to death Friday by plainclothes officers in a subway station was not linked to the city's July bombings. He was a 27-year-old Brazilian who had lived in London for several years.

The Homeland Security Department and city officials around the United States increase the terror alert level to Orange on mass-transit lines in light of transit bombings in London. Officials are encouraging commuters to travel as usual, while keeping an eye out for suspicious activity.

Food delivery service Grubhub launched a free lunch promotion on Tuesday in New York City. It didn't go well. Both customers and restaurateurs were left frustrated.

Christian faithful gather beneath a major highway overpass in Chicago to see an image of what some call the Virgin Mary on a concrete wall. City officials argued it was simply a water stain on the concrete, but thousands of believers disagreed.

U.S. and British warplanes continue to strike government buildings inside Baghdad and key defenses on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital. Despite the almost constant bombardment, reporters inside the city say life there seems remarkably close to normal. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.