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In Tuesday's debate with Sen. John Edwards, Vice President Dick Cheney answered a charge about his role at Halliburton by referencing a Web site, factcheck.com. The site, an advertising holder for encyclopedia companies, was overwhelmed with visits before forwarding all traffic to George Soros.com -- which bears the headline, "Why we must not re-elect President Bush." The vice president meant FactCheck.org. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Melissa Block.

In Monday's Democratic presidential candidate debate, YouTube users posted questions for the candidates and then responded to the candidates' answers. But did the videos have an impact on the tenor of the debate, or were they just a gimmick?

It's more and more common for debut novels to have elaborate homes on the Web, complete with blogs, chatrooms, videos and games. Often the sites are richly illustrated, almost cinematic.

Walmart has partnered with the app Handy to link customers with home-services professionals. Major retail companies are in a big movement, trying to become more than just places that sell you things.

The Senate Armed Services Committee hears testimony from Navy Vice Adm. Albert Church, whose Pentagon report on treatment of detainees in U.S. custody did not find any senior-level responsibility for abuses.

HBO on Monday announced a new service presenting its shows online without a cable subscription. NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans says it also shows the power of consumers to bring change in a digital world.

New Nielsen TV ratings show a surprising winner for July: YouTube. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Lucas Shaw of Bloomberg News about what that might mean for the industry.

Tornadoes over the weekend destroyed entire communities in Kentucky while leaving thousands homeless. People were also killed in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee.

Brazilian composer Tom Ze was a leading voice of the Tropicalia movement in the 1960s. Ze's latest CD, Estudando o Pagode, explores an unlikely topic for pop music: the historical suppression of women.

Not all musicians support the current crackdown on Internet file sharing. Some give their music away for free, trading some record sales in the hopes that they'll get more exposure from offering the downloads. The band Nine Inch Nails is currently streaming their new album online, ahead of the CD's commercial release Tuesday.