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Throughout his 60-year career, Max Roach redefined jazz drumming by dividing rhythms in new ways and creating a wide palette of colors. Always the innovator, he extended possibilities for drummers, and helped develop modern jazz.

As summer winds down, so, too, does our series on summer foods. This week's final installment focuses on moms — and their singular cooking techniques. We hear about Chinese barbecue sauce and "wacky cake."

NASA officials informed the crew of the Endeavour that it will make a decision Thursday on whether to repair a gash on the belly of the shuttle. If needed, the repair would be performed during a spacewalk, which would occur no earlier than Saturday.

Astronauts at the International Space Station convened a class from space with schoolchildren in Idaho. One student wanted to know: "If you threw a baseball in space, how fast would it go?" Meanwhile, tests suggest that repairs to space shuttle Endeavour's underbelly may not be needed.

Two kids' TV shows shine the lights of Broadway into the eyes of tiny tots. Both Johnny and the Sprites and Wonder Pets feature jaunty songs and wholesome stories written by some of Broadway's top talent.

The standard canon for up-and-coming jazz pianists has traditionally included the likes of Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock. But Lafayette Gilchrist did not start playing the piano until college after a childhood listening to much more funk, hip hop and go-go than jazz.

Percussionist Bobby Sanabria grew up in the musical melting pot of the South Bronx in New York City. Now, as the leader of a big band, it's no wonder that his brand of Latin jazz mirrors a panoply of Afro-Western styles from all over the Americas.

Besieged by cheap wines from Chile, South Africa and Australia, winemakers in France's Languedoc region fight back. Some have turned to violence. Others seek to learn how to compete more effectively.

Republican candidates for president are preparing for the Iowa Straw Poll Saturday in Ames. Each voter must pay $35 to participate, making the event a solid fundraiser for the state party. Rudy Giuliani and John McCain aren't expected to attend, but Mitt Romney, who has been leading the polls in Iowa, will.

As the temperature – and the wine-producing competition – heats up, Spanish winemakers, Torres wine, have headed for the cooler fields of the Pyrenees Mountains to grow grapes that can withstand changes in climate and the wine industry.