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Big oil, big buildings, big hair — the TV series Dallas made its glittering debut 30 years ago this month. Neither its namesake city nor TV has been the same since. Longtime Dallas TV critic Ed Bark discusses the show, the city and "Who Shot J.R.?"

Senate Republicans reject calls for an immediate public hearing on how the Bush administration used U.S. intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destructions to make the case for war. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) accuses Democrats of playing partisan politics. NPR's David Welna reports.

R. Jeffrey Smith of The Washington Post discusses an advocacy group called the U.S. Family Network that was founded by and run at first by Tom DeLay's former chief of staff. The group was funded almost entirely by companies linked to lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) has campaigned for years against the Endangered Species Act. The House of Representatives recently approved a rewrite of the law that would make it more friendly to landowners. The roots of Pombo's passion to protect private property lie in the ranch town where he grew up.

Hugh Masekela comes from an extensive jazz background; he is also known as one of the greatest innovators in world fusion. Now Masekela has a new CD, Revival, that draws on pop, jazz and R&B influences.

New Jersey native Regina Belle burst onto the R&B scene with the hits "Make It Like It Was" and "Baby Come to Me." Now, more than two decades later, she has released her very first gospel album, Love Forever Shines.

The city of Atlanta is known for producing top R&B talent. Now coming up in the ranks is Georgia native Anthony David. Farai Chideya talks with the singer/songwriter about his new CD Acey Deucy, the first album release on India.Arie's new record label, Soulbird Music.

NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates reports on soul music singer-songwriter Van Hunt. Hunt's new self-titled CD blends influences from classic R&B with Hunt's own rock- and funk-inspired style.

Saxophonist Euge Groove earned his chops as a member of Tower of Power and sideman for Huey Lewis, Tina Turner and Elton John. He's back with a new solo CD of smooth tunes that are equal parts jazz, pop and R&B. Hear full-length cuts from the CD.

For 40 years, Steve Winwood has created music that made the shy Brit a favorite of rock and R&B fans throughout the world. Some of the best of that music features Winwood on the Hammond B-3 organ. At its best, Winwood's latest effort, the self-produced About Time, recalls his earlier work. Music critic Jim Fusilli has a review.

President Bush has nominated House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss (R-FL) to direct the Central Intelligence Agency. But it's unclear what Goss' role would be, as Congress considers a proposal to create a national director to supervise the CIA and other intelligence agencies. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler.

Sudan's government promises to fight militias that have been raping and murdering thousands of black African villagers in the western Darfur region. But Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), who recently returned from Sudan, says evidence strongly suggests the militias have government support, and calls for a greater international presence in the region. Brownback speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Two Congressional watchdog groups Tuesday called on Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) to step down from his seats on the Senate's Commerce and Appropriations committees. The senator is being investigated as part of a political corruption inquiry.

The Virginia-born band has been blending gospel, country and R&B for more than four decades.

In The Center Cannot Hold, lawyer and psychiatry professor Elyn R. Saks chronicles her own struggle with schizophrenia, from early symptoms at age 8 through her terms at Oxford and Yale — where she had her first full-blown episodes.

Novelist Bill Flanagan wrote the comedy A&R about the smooth operators and the scatty artists who make the music business so entertaining; now he's lampooning the cable-TV industry in his novel New Bedlam. The source for his send-ups? His career as an MTV networks exec.

Underground comic book artist Robert Crumb created ZAP COMIX and is the artist behind such 1960s and 1970s icons as Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, and Keep-on-Truckin. His wife, Aline Kominsky Crumb, was one of the earliest underground female cartoonists. Her new book, Need More Love: A Graphic Memoir, chronicles her life and career. Robert's new book is The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb.

Noah talks to R. George Metellus, an epidemiologist who is director of the AIDS, TB, and Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Units at the Dade County Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. A talk show host on Miami's WLQY-AM radio station had been saying on the air that AIDS is a myth. Metellus says that some AIDS patients have stopped taking medication because they believe the radio broadcast.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports on a new initiative that targets churches for I-R-S investigations. "Americans United for Separation of Church and State" filed a complaint today with the IRS against Second Baptist Church of Houston. The complaint accuses the church of violating its tax exempt status by publishing specific, partisan voting instructions in a project pamphlet. Second Baptist Church of Houston is one of the largest churches in the country with more than 22-thousand members.

and his book, >"Monster." Dunne and wife Joan Didion do a lot of screenplay writing. The book is one project that turned into an 8 year nightmare. It started when the duo wrote a screenplay about the life of TV newswoman Jessica Savich...when it was all ove r, the Disney studios had the remarkably dissimilar Up Close and Personal in the can.