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The New York Times names Bill Keller as executive editor, more than a month after the newspaper's top editors resigned following a plagiarism scandal. A former Times managing editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, Keller replaces Howell Raines, who resigned after former reporter Jayson Blair was found to have plagiarized and fabricated stories. Hear NPR's Rick Karr.

Steve Martin is at the top of his game. He has just been awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, at the same time that his newest movie, Shopgirl, is winning strong reviews around the country.

A British artist named Banksy has been able to sneak his work into some of New York's top museums over the past month. He tells Michele Norris what he does and why.

Executives from the top three U.S. automakers return to Washington, D.C., this week. They're going to try, again, to convince Congress to give them federal loans. They say they need the money to avoid an industry collapse. Two weeks ago, Congress sent them away empty-handed.

In a bid to promote two of its top exports, the French government is sponsoring wine and cheese parties in U.S. homs. According to The Wall Street Journal, French officials have hired a marketing company to take applications for the government-subsidized cocktail parties. One thousand people will receive coupons for discounts on French wines and cheese.

Former Chysler Chairman Lee Iacocca hasn't said much during the debate over whether the government should bail out the auto industry. Iacocca led Chrysler through a government bailout in the 70s. In a written statement Tuesday, Iacocca defended Detroit's Big 3 top executives. He said, "You don't change coaches in the middle of a game, especially when things are so volatile."

Tata, India's top carmaker, recently unveiled the world's cheapest car, called the Nano. Now, Tata is aiming for the other end of the market. The company announced Wednesday that it's buying British luxury automakers Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford for $2.3 billion.

Iraq and the U.S. have set a preliminary timetable for withdrawal of American forces from Iraqi cities by next June, Iraq's foreign minister said Thursday after meeting with Condoleezza Rice. A final agreement would require endorsement by top Iraqi leaders and the Iraqi parliament.

4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, a new film about a young woman's illegal abortion in Ceausescu's Romania, won the top prize at Cannes and has just opened in the U.S. It's a fierce and unsentimental film; Terry Gross talks to Mungiu about growing up in a totalitarian state, and why he wanted to make the movie.

The future of one of Wall Street's top investment banks is in doubt. Lehman Brothers had been in talks with a Korean bank about purchasing a stake in Lehman, which desperately needs the funds. But the talks ended with no deal, and on Wednesday, Lehman announced a quarterly loss of $4 billion.