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On Monday, an outdoor art installation by Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei will open in New York, but the whereabouts of their creator remain unknown. Ai was taken into custody by Chinese authorities on April 3.

How can you help? For those who want to assist from afar, the National Donations Management Network has an online list of organizations that assist in disaster relief.

The 2012 presidential election is 19 months away, but there's already plenty of debate over the tug-of-war between the Republican establishment and Tea Party activists. Host Liane Hansen talks to NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson about the prospects for the GOP.

Reports that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Arab was killed in a missile strike have not been independently confirmed. If true, the attack could signal that NATO is stepping up efforts to bring the weeks-long conflict to a close.

It would seem difficult to enforce a ban on 300 million smokers. Host Liane Hansen talks to NPR's Rob Gifford in China, where businesses are putting up no-smoking signs, cigarette vending machines are being removed from restaurants, and designated outdoor smoking zones are being established in preparation for a ban on smoking in public places that takes effect Sunday.

For centuries, the Dalai Lama has served as both spiritual and political leader for Tibetans. Now, for the first time, they have elected a secular political leader. The Dalai Lama, however, will remain the spiritual head. Host Liane Hansen speaks with newly elected Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay, the political leader of Tibet's government-in-exile.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca doesn't want to throw away on the key; he wants to equip inmates for a better life outside prison walls. His new initiative gives them an academic education, but that's not all.

Long considered just a "speed bump" in the budgeting process, the debt ceiling is in danger of becoming a serious roadblock. And now the government is perilously close to the $14.3 trillion limit. Congress has never not approved an increase in the debt limit, but some members say this will be the first time.

Stone Rollin', out May 10, is the soul singer's most concise record to date and a solid follow-up to 2008's Grammy-winning The Way I See It. The singer's "instant vintage" music has come of age with a seasoned appreciation of the past, balanced with modern appeal.

Aesthethica, out May 10, is a disorienting yet exhilarating "transcendental black metal" record. Everything about Liturgy seems intended to provoke a strong reaction, and this record is no exception.