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The mayor of Caracas, Venezuela, is considering acquiring two golf courses to use as land for housing. The goal is to provide better living arrangements for the city's poor.

Guest host Maureen Cavanaugh talks with FM 94.9's Michael Halloran about one of her favorite bands, The Velvet Underground. They'll explore the relationship between Andy Warhol and the band, and play

"I personally love romantic comedies," Stoller confesses, "So I would just look at it generally as a romantic comedy but from the male perspective."

Cyclist Floyd Landis has lost his doping case and with it his claim to the 2006 Tour de France title. An arbitration panel upheld the results of a test that showed Landis used synthetic testosterone to fuel his victory. Landis has the right to appeal.

President Bush arrives in St. Petersburg, ahead of the G-8 summit there. The president paid his respects at the city's World War II memorial, and met with Russian civil-society activists. But talk of fighting in the Middle East threatens to dominate G-8 meetings.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are taking their toll on U.S. Armed Forces. March will mark four years since the war in Iraq began and the death toll among U.S. troops has just reached the 3,000 mark

Venezuela, led by fiery, leftist president Hugo Chavez, is at the forefront of a political swing to the left that is sweeping much of Latin America. With its vast oil revenues, Venezuela carries a lot of clout in the region, and it has made alliances with nations that are most at odds with the United States.

These Days host Tom Fudge speaks with David Coddon, editor of Night and Day Magazine, and AnnaMaria Stephens, nightlife editor for signonsandiego.com, about the best bets for weekend entertainment.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing Thursday on corrosion problems that forced BP to shut down of half the giant Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska. The company admits making mistakes. But one former BP manager in Alaska refused to answer questions, citing his Fifth Amendment rights.

Host Tom Fudge talks with the author of The Schreiber Theory, a manifesto which argues that the screenwriter, not the director, is really the creative genius behind a good film.