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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse has covered the Supreme Court for The New York Times since 1978. She won the Pulitzer in 1998 for her coverage of the court. Her new book is Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey.

Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, talks about his debut novel, Pretty Birds. The story centers on a young Muslim woman who becomes a sniper during the height of the siege of Sarajevo in the early 1990s.

In the early 1990s, NPR journalist Scott Simon reported from war-torn Sarajevo. Those experiences formed the basis for his debut novel, Pretty Birds, the story of a 16-year-old girl who adapts to her violent times.

At a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq's Cabinet ministers are officially sworn in, but holes remain. Key posts reserved for representatives of Iraq's Sunni Arab community have still not been filled amid continued wrangling between the Sunnis and leaders of the Shiite majority.

Iraq swears in a new government led by Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, but five Cabinet posts remain open, as well as two deputy prime minister jobs. Among the unfilled posts are minister of defense, minister of oil and minister of human rights.

Two U.S. Marine fighter jets have disappeared while flying in Iraq. The body of one pilot has been found. The U.S. military says there is no immediate evidence that hostile fire contributed. Meanwhile, violence broke out near the Syrian border, and Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's struggles continue as he tries to complete a cabinet.

Iraqi insurgents kidnap a Western contractor, identified as Australian Douglas Wood, amid an upsurge of violence in Iraq. Two bombs explode in Baghdad Monday morning. More than 100 people, including 11 U.S. soldiers, have been killed in the last four days.

Underground comic book artist Robert Crumb has drawn comics for more than 40 years. Crumb, creator of Zap Comix, is the artist behind such 1960s and '70s icons as Fritz the Cat and Keep-on-Truckin. The new The R. Crumb Handbook is a visual biography of Crumb's life.

Gary Schroen is one of the CIA's most respected and experienced spies. Two days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, his bosses handed him a new mission targeting Osama bin Laden: "bring his head back in a box." Days later, Schroen and his team were on a plane.

Journalist Max Hastings discusses his new book, Armageddon. The book tells the story of the bloody and violent final months of World War II from the point of view of the people who suffered through those months — and lived to tell about it.