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A museum touring Eastern Europe makes use of old love letters and gifts from relationships gone wrong. The Museum of Broken Relationships gives new life to the leftovers from break-ups, one-night stands and ugly divorces. Scott Simon talks to the museum founders.

Luc Montagnier, the scientist who discovered the virus that causes AIDS, has died at 89. His key contribution came at a time when AIDS was mysterious and uniformly deadly.

For decades, the health insurance industry has been scaring Americans about Canada's health care system. We hear from a whistleblower about his role in the disinformation campaign.

Nearly 25,000 mail ballots were rejected for Texas' March primaries. Officials say a design issue with the ballot return envelope was most responsible for the rejections.

Voters in the oil-rich Gulf Emirate of Kuwait go to the polls. Candidates are vying for 50 seats in Parliament. For the first time, women are allowed to vote and run for office. Female candidates have struggled to gain recognition but their efforts, and an anti-corruption movement, have shaken up the quiet country.

Super stock-picker Warren Buffett pledges stock worth about $37 billion to charitable foundations, including more than $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett biographer Roger Lowenstein discusses the move with Madeleine Brand.

A trial is under way in Rome against the Getty Museum's former curator, Marion True, who is charged with knowing that the museum acquired antiquities looted from Italy. The government also has made a proposal to the Metropolitan Museum for the return of certain illegally acquired pieces in return for loans of work of equal value.

South Korean researchers say they've made a significant advance in the production of human embryonic stem cells. They can now use far fewer human eggs to produce usable stem cells — a major step toward mass production. Researchers hope these cells could eventually be used to treat a wide variety of diseases.

In a speech Monday in Tucson, Ariz., President Bush began an effort to outline his ideas on immigration reform, an issue likely to arise in Congress in the coming months. Mr. Bush continues his campaign Tuesday with a stop in the border city of El Paso, Texas.

Bosch: Legacy, which premiered Friday, and The Lincoln Lawyer, which starts next Friday, exemplify a certain kind of show. They fall within well-established genres, but have a little creative heft.