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  • Think Netflix for handbags: Instead of buying designer bags, more women are renting them online. For the price of a single designer bag, women can rent a year's worth.
  • Lora Villasenor, a senior research analyst at ThinkAZ, a non-partisan public policy research institute, discusses immigration issues in Arizona. At ThinkAZ, she conducts research and polls on immigration within the state, with a specific focus on guest-worker programs.
  • Michelle Kwan's withdrawal from the Winter Olympics opens the door to Emily Hughes, 17, the younger sister of 2002 gold medalist Sarah Hughes. Renee Montagne talks to USA Today columnist Christine Brennan about the U.S. figure skating team's prospects in Turin.
  • A report from investigators in the House, due for release Wednesday, is expected to fault all levels of government in the response to Hurricane Katrina. Authors of the report, "A Failure of Initiative," outline 90 serious flaws in the response -- ranging from ineffective leadership at the Department of Homeland Security to inadequate state and local plans for evacuation to a "fog of war" at the White House.
  • Almost a year after Hurricane Ida killed 11 residents of mostly-unregulated basement apartments in Queens, advocates say the city and state haven't done enough to make that type of housing safer.
  • With her debut album, Exile In Guyville, Liz Phair created an instant classic. The record's frank talk about sex made it essential listening for a generation of women. Now, on its 15th anniversary, Phair looks back at Guyville and the young woman who created it.
  • The violinist has spent his life stretching the definition of classical musician. Here he describes his introduction to the violin and his collection of instruments.
  • The Latin Grammy Awards have become a showcase for some of the best music Latino culture has to offer, including pop, alternative, traditional and classical. Members of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences will announce the winners of the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Thursday night. Latino USA's Betto Arcos offers some of his picks from this year's nominees.
  • The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter's new album, Little Wild One, tackles the subjects of post-Sept. 11 New York City and motherhood. Osborne discusses the record and how her new appreciation of New York helped provide the inspiration.
  • When Cash was 18, her father (you know him as Johnny) presented her with a gift: a list of 100 essential country songs to help the budding singer-songwriter connect with and better understand the music that came before her. After holding on to it for the past few decades, Rosanne Cash decided to turn that gift into The List, her new album.
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