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In Life, Keith Richards recounts his epic rock and roll career in all its gory detail — from the Rolling Stones' ascension to fame and their drug-fueled antics to his undying love of blues music. His memoir debuts at No. 6.

Chilean author Isabel Allende blends magical realism into the sweeping tale of an enslaved girl and her master as they travel from Haiti to New Orleans at the close of the 18th century. Island Beneath the Sea debuts at No. 13.

A federal appeals court also said the city must pay tens of millions of dollars to other African-Americans who took a firefighters' exam that they alleged favored whites.

How do you create a job? Is there a magic formula? A secret cure-all? Planet Money explores the question this week on This American Life.

Eighty percent of adults who use the Internet have looked online for health info. Two-thirds have looked up a specific disease or medical problem. More than half have checked for info on a particular treatment, drug or procedure.

Huckabee said he that despite plenty of indications that he could do well in the race for the nomination — widespread grassroots support and polls that showed that he had broader appeal to just social conservatives and also a good chance of winning primaries and caucuses, he ruled out a run.

Women in Algeria say a brutal civil war between government forces and Islamist groups in the 1990s was a setback for women's rights. Now, they're starting to regain what they lost, but they say a code that gives them a lower status within the family keeps them from true emancipation.

The new book The Pun Also Rises, by 1995 O. Henry Pun-Off World Champion John Pollack, traces the surprising long and rich history of what some people call the lowest form of humor.

Queen Elizabeth pays a state visit to the Republic of Ireland this week. The four-day trip is the first by a British Monarch in 100 years. Relations between the two nations have been tense since the Republic's 1921 independence and partition from the north and the decades of intermittent violence. Liane Hansen speaks with Irish journalist Conor O'Clery about the Queen's visit.

This past week was an eventful one for the Republican 2012 presidential hopeful field. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Congressman Ron Paul announced that they would run, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced he wouldn't, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tried to tackle his health care dilemma. NPR's Mara Liasson brings us up to date on the 2012 candidates for the Republican presidential nomination.