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It isn't easy to make money as an artist these days, but three crafty New Yorkers are managing to sell their work — and make a living — outside the traditional gallery system.

Even before the economy tanked, interest was growing in the do-it-yourself movement. Here, a look at how to make your own solar backpack — something that anyone with a portable electronic device like an iPod could use.

The miniature models of Gulliver's Gate represent places in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. They're populated by tiny people, pint–size penguins and bitty cars that move.

The founding publicity director of Def Jam Records, Bill Adler, amassed a highly valuable collection of music, writing and images.

Jon Kalish loved his daughter from afar, with calls and visits from New York to California. And he lost her from afar too — first when they became estranged, and then in a more final way.

As information becomes more and more digital, public libraries are striving to redefine their roles. A small number are working to create "hackerspaces," where do-it-yourselfers share sophisticated tools as well as expertise.

Most people think of a hacker as someone who breaks into computer networks, but many in the do-it-yourself movement have adopted the term for themselves. They're turning old typewriters into keyboards, slot machines into bartenders and suitcases into boomboxes — and their numbers are growing.

One of the biggest executives in hip-hop is indicted on money laundering charges by federal prosecutors in New York. Irving "Gotti" Lorenzo, founder of the music label Murder, Inc., and his brother Christopher, are suspected of being involved in a large drug ring.

A new exhibit at New York University, "Archivist of the Yellow Peril," features Yoshio Kishi's gripping collection of Asian Americana. The exhibit demonstrates how images of Asian Americans were formed, and often distorted, over the years. Jon Kalish reports.

Chapter & Verse follows an African-American man struggling to carry on with his life after he's released from prison. Much of the story is based on filmmaker Jamal Joseph's own experience.