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Cultural observers in Greece say that by staging a successful Olympics, the nation's identity has changed, making it less burdened by the past and more confident in its capabilities. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

The Department of Homeland Security raises the terror alert level in Washington, New York and New Jersey. Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge says financial institutions like the New York Stock Exchange and the International Monetary Fund could be targeted. NPR's Libby Lewis reports.

More than 30 people are killed in blasts targeting U.S. military convoys in the Baghdad area. A car bombing outside the mayor's office in the Abu Ghraib area, west of Baghdad, kills two Iraqis and one U.S. soldier. In Fallujah, three Iraqis are reported killed in a U.S. air strike. Hear NPR's Paul Brown.

Paul Bremer, the former administrator of the U.S.-run occupation of Iraq, says there were not enough American troops on the ground to secure Baghdad and stop looting immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Bremer says he supports the current strategy and troop levels in Iraq. NPR'S Eric Westervelt reports.

Argentinian pianist Pablo Ziegler has spent his career experimenting with tango, fusing it with jazz and bebop. Ziegler's album Bajo Cero ("Below Zero") is considered by many to be a contender for a Grammy next year. Reese Erlich reports.

Alice Lakwena is the spiritual founder of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army. Although the army has been charged with war crimes, NPR's Eric Westervelt reports Lakwena lives quietly in a U.N. refugee camp in neighboring Kenya.

Critic Dale Peck has built a reputation on harsh reviews of contemporary authors. His new collection — Hatchet Jobs: Cutting Through Contemporary Literature — has elicited a less-than-supportive reaction from the literary world. Steve Paulson reports.

At the start of the new year, the Supreme Court releases an annual report. Chief Justice John Roberts offers insights into both the year gone by and the one ahead.

A BuzzFeed News investigation has discovered the secret supplier of lethal injection drugs — a pharmacy repeatedly cited for violations by the FDA. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to reporter Chris McDaniel.

Witnesses say a man detonated a suicide vest outside a mosque, killing many civilians and police officers. It happened in part of the country normally thought to be safe, but where another attack this week left five police officers dead.