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Ed Gordon looks back on the life of R&B legend Wilson Pickett. The Alabama native's career spanned four decades and he is best known for his 1960s hits "In the Midnight Hour" and "Mustang Sally." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee died after suffering a heart attack in Reston, Va.

Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits "Mustang Sally" and "In The Midnight Hour," died of a heart attack Thursday, according to his management company. He was 64, but had suffered from health problems for the past year.

Albert Brooks has a new movie: Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. In it, the plays himself -- and he is sent to India and Pakistan by the State Department to find out what makes Muslims laugh.

Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher has negotiated international treaties and the release of hostages. He believes diplomacy -- and life -- work best when people trust and depend on one another.

This past week, the Justice Department asked the Internet company Google to turn over its search records, which prosecutors say would help them defend a controversial child pornography law. Google refused.

Weeks after votes were cast in Iraq's most recent round of elections, a final tally is out. Shiite politicians will hold the most seats in parliament -- 128 -- followed by two Sunni parties with a total of 55 seats and 53 for the Kurdish block.

As part of The Long View series of conversations on Morning Edition, author Kurt Vonnegut talks with Steve Inskeep about how society has changed in the last 50 years.

Commentator Kelly Beatty says that when he was growing up, space exploration was all about one thing: the race to the moon. It was easy to measure progress leading up to a specific goal. Now that space exploration is all about the planets and the solar system, there is a dizzying array of spacecraft traveling all over the place.

The U.N. Security Council sets Friday as the deadline for Iran to suspend its uranium-enrichment program. Iran is threatening to hide its nuclear activity if the West takes "harsh measures" against the country. A new proposal from two Harvard scholars could make peace between Iran and the United States.

The power structure of Iraq's new parliament is taking shape, even though official results of December's elections have yet to be announced. Key Shiite, Kurd and Sunni political leaders have opened talks on the formation of a national unity government.