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In 2006, Frey was caught lying in his memoir, A Million Little Pieces. Two years later, he's back with a work of fiction set in Los Angeles. He discusses how he got over his "really, really bad year at work."

Paul Sills, one of the founders of the Chicago-based improv group Second City, died this week. Scott Simon talks with Second City alumnus Harold Ramis about Sills' lasting impact on the world of comedy.

For the 5,000 sailors aboard the USS Nimitz, home is 24 stories high, three football fields long, moves at 35 miles per hour and carries 85 military aircraft. A new PBS series profiles the daily lives of the men and women who keep the massive, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier running.

826NYC in Brooklyn teaches children to find the fun in reading and writing. It's a comic-book themed writing center with six sister chapters around the United States.

Seven weeks ago when major oil company executives spoke to Congress, oil cost about $100 a barrel. Now it's over $130. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday asked the oil executives why gas prices were so high.

A U.S. Navy warship shot a missile out of the sky Thursday off the coast of Hawaii. It was a test of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system, and the target was the type of missile that could carry chemical or biological weapons. The system was right on the mark.

With gas prices relentlessly soaring, Americans are being forced to rethink their driving habits. Members of a group known as "hypermilers" strive to boost their cars' miles per gallon by changing their behavior behind the wheel.

Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney vow to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination despite big wins by rival John McCain on Super Tuesday.

Monday's earthquake in China's Sichuan province involved a violent fault line and structures that weren't built to withstand the tremors.

The Oscar-winning director of The English Patient was 54. His films include the critically acclaimed Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr. Ripley.