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We have the second part of an interview with renowned food writer Harold McGee (the first part was broadcast on Dec. 23). McGee's book, On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, has been revised and updated. The book is an exposition of food and cooking techniques, technology and history. He diagrams the stages of making mayonnaise under a microscope, explains why peppers are hot, and why seafood gets mushy if you cook it improperly. McGee is an authority on the chemistry of cooking.

We explore the tsunami's impact on the small village of Ondachchimadam, on the east coast of Sri Lanka. NPR will revisit the village periodically over the next year to chart its progress in the tragedy's aftermath. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Author and boxing trainer F.X. Toole's personal story — and writings — inspired Clint Eastwood's Oscar-contending film Million Dollar Baby.

Johnnie Cochran, the attorney who gained fame as O.J. Simpson's defense lawyer in 1995, has died at age 67. Cochran's family says he had a brain tumor. Michele Norris talks about Cochran's life and career with Connie Rice, a Los Angeles civil rights attorney who is co-founder and co-director of the Advancement Project.

A report by a presidential commission investigating pre-war intelligence in Iraq offers a bleak view of intelligence-gathering and analysis. It includes a similarly grim assessment of efforts in Iran and North Korea and offers recommendations to improve the process.

Lawyer Johnnie Cochran, who led the defense team that won an acquittal for O.J. Simpson, died Tuesday in Los Angeles of a brain tumor at age 67. A look back at the life and career of the celebrity attorney who became a household name, thanks to the Simpson trial.

The Pentagon receives the results of another investigation into alleged abuse of prisoners by the U.S. military, this one focusing on harsh interrogations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It's the seventh major report on alleged torture techniques since last year's scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

Marianne Faithfull, 58, talks about her new CD Before the Poison. It's bolstered by collaborations with PJ Harvey and Nick Cave. Faithfull supplies lyrics and a voice that has turned into a husky growl.

Sheilah Kast talks to Sudan Grant, Director of the National Fraud Center/Internet Fraud Watch, about methods used to scam customers on the Internet.

Host Steve Inskeep speaks with Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, about the nuts and bolts of Social Security's long-term financing issues.