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As leaders of the world's industrial powers gathered in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the G-8 summit, the focus was on tensions in the Middle East. Meanwhile, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin remained at odds.

In 1998, Argentine singer and songwriter Juana Molina walked away from a TV-acting career to explore music. She's toured constantly, opening for David Byrne and others. Her new, eerily beautiful CD is titled Son.

Author Terri Jentz talks with Farai Chideya about her new book Strange Piece of Paradise. As a college student, she was viciously attacked by an axe-wielding stranger who was never brought to justice. Fifteen years later, she returned to the scene of the crime and tracked down her attempted murderer.

Margaret Sartor offers an account of growing up in 1970s Louisiana in Miss American Pie, a memoir of adolescence told through diary entries written during Sartor's girlhood.

Along the Gulf Coast, thousands of residents are still living in FEMA trailers, close to the water. None of them are likely to rebuild where they lived, since they can't afford it or can't get insured. Meanwhile, drugs have become a huge problem in the trailer parks.

Barry Bonds hit his 715th career home run Sunday night, moving past Babe Ruth into sole possession of second place on the career list behind Hank Aaron. But enthusiasm among fans has been tempered by the allegations of steroid use that continue to surround Bonds.

Dr. Dean Richardson, the horse surgeon that operated on Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro after his devastating injury in the Preakness Stakes on May 20, has been optimistic about Barbaro's progress in the past week but says he is still wary of his future as a stud. Breeding Barbaro in the future would require that he mount mares using his injured hind leg. Melissa Block talks with Richardson.

We should all look as good as Nora Ephron does at 65, but she's not crazy about getting older. The good news is that she expounds upon aging and other issues with trademark dry wit in a new book of essays: I Feel Bad About My Neck.

Employers added 128,000 jobs to their payrolls in August, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent. The Labor Department's monthly employment report presents a picture of an economy that is still expanding, but at a more moderate pace.

Florida voters go to the polls Tuesday for the primary election. Among the races to watch is the Republican contest for U.S. Senate, featuring Rep. Katherine Harris, who has received little support from her party.