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An Australian held at the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says he and other detainees are being physically and psychologically abused. David Hicks filed an affidavit in federal court alleging detainees were beaten while handcuffed and blindfolded. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Photos of Saturn's cloudy moon Titan reveal a pumpkin-orange surface, a pale-orange sky and a fascinating landscape etched with dark ditches and dark seas of unknown origin and composition. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Apple computer is enjoying a boom in sales, led by the popularity of its iPod digital music players. Apple plans to expand its chain of retail stores and use those spaces to spotlight new products. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

Residents of the Iraqi city of Fallujah have still not been able to return to their homes, more than a month after U.S. forces seized control of the city. But unexpected resistance from remaining insurgents is hindering resettlement. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Rescue efforts continued through the night to reach 13 coal miners trapped 260 feet below ground in West Virginia's Sago mine. Emily Corio of West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports.

Tijuana has been known for bullfights and beer, but the Mexican border city also has a growing opera community. Recitals and lectures are frequent, Tijuana natives are studying and performing in opera's European citadels, and the city now has its first opera company. Sam Quinones reports.

In the second of a three-part series on the politics of post-Saddam Iraq, NPR's Ivan Watson reports on Iraq's majority Shiite Muslims, long oppressed by the former regime but now feeling the power of their numbers.

Marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth I, Washington's Folger Shakespeare Library puts on an exhibition to commemorate her reign. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports.

In an act of solidarity, New York actors join Broadway's musicians in a strike to keep live, pit orchestras playing in theaters. Following weeks of negotiations, the musicians' union and the League of American Theatres and Producers fail to reach an agreement over a new contract. Hear Jeff Lunden's report.

Salman Rushdie's novel of war and religious intolerance, Midnight's Children, finds new life on the stage. The adaptation by the Royal Shakespeare Company makes its American premiere at the University of Michigan. Celeste Headlee reports.