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The World Health Organization confirmed on Thursday that two teenagers in Turkey have died from bird flu. In the U.S., the Seattle region one of the few areas preparing in earnest to face a flu pandemic.

Steve Inskeep talks to Gerald Steinberg, professor of political studies at Bar Ilan University, about the future of Israeli politics as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lies ill after a stroke in Jerusalem. Steinberg says Sharon was a major political figure, and there are no other national names to take his place.

Virginia Postrel, author of The Substance of Style talks about the importance of design and how companies like Apple became successful on that concept.

Meshell Ndegeocello has released five critically acclaimed albums since 1993 that featured socially provocative lyrics driven by a solid groove. On her latest CD, Ndegeocello leaves her husky voice behind and lets her bass guitar take center stage. Felix Contreras reports.

Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of modern times. This month, all 3,160 published strips have been brought together, from beginning to end — a massive, three-volume collection.

In two weeks, some 50,000 Israeli soldiers and police expect to remove Israeli settlements -- and their supporters -- in Gaza. The troops involved have been undergoing mental and physical training for the duty. They expect the settlers to appeal to their patriotism, and at the same time to resist, using all sorts of unexpected tactics.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist is in the hospital. His spokeswoman at the Supreme Court says he went in because of a fever, and is being held for tests and observation. The chief justice is suffering from thyroid cancer, but he has confounded the pundits in Washington, who have long predicted his retirement.

Relations between the White House and its press corps have turned sour this week over the Karl Rove controversy. ABC correspondent Ann Compton about the storied relationship between journalists and presidential administrations. Compton's White House career has spanned six Presidents.

Despite Washington's focus on the war in Ukraine, the White House is trying to demonstrate that it is stepping up in the Asia-Pacific.

Ed Gordon discusses Wednesday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery with NASA's acting chief operating officer Frederick Gregory, a veteran of three shuttle flights and the first African-American shuttle commander. It is the first shuttle mission since February 2003, when the Columbia shuttle broke apart while re-entering Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.