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A profile of Tracy Nelson, the great blues and gospel singer - and the former leader of the San Francisco sixties band - Mother Earth. Her most famous song she authored "Down So Low." Nelson has a new album out called I FEEL SO GOOD - and while Nelson says she doesn't give a hoot about success - her new album has been doing well. Susan Armistead visited Nelson at her home in the woods outside Nashville and filed this profile. (8:30) [The album is I FEEL SO GOOD / ROUNDER RECORDS] (IN S

physician-assisted suicides Constitutional. The rulings will likely come before the U.S. Supreme Court, but until then, assisted suicides will be legal in 12 states, including California and New York.

Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell talks about the ABC drama series "Murder One." The show's season finale aired this week. The network hasn't decided whether the critically acclaimed series will be renewed.

Noah and Linda read letters from our listeners. The address for letters is All Things Considered, 635 Massachussetts Ave., NW; Washington D.C. 20001. Or by E-mail at ATC@npr.org

After the Oklahoma City bombing, the country suddenly took note of the rhetoric coming from far-right radical groups such as the numerous citizen militias and separatists such as the Posse Comitatus. Now, reports NPR's Howard Berkes, similar links are being made between the suspected Unabomber and the inflammatory language of some radical environmental groups.

Martha Bebinger of member station WBUR reports on the Monday's scheduled running of the 100th Boston Marathon. Event organizers are expecting more than 35 -thousand registered runners and untold numbers of gate-crashers trying to get in on the historic marathon.

Neal speaks with Joseph Nocera, contributing editor at Fortune Magazine, about the New York Yankees. The owner is threatening to move the venerable baseball franchise out of the City. The City is trying desperately to keep that from happening.

NPR'S MELISSA BLOCK PROFILES ROSE HAMBURGER. FOR NEARLY NINE DECADES, MS. HAMBURGER HAS BEEN PICKING HORSES IN RACES. NOW, AT THE AGE OF 105, SHE DOES IT FOR THE NEW YORK POST.

Frank Stasio reports that in a suburb of Washington, D.C., a group of Cambodian-American teachers is trying to keep alive the tradition of classical Cambodian dance. After the Cambodian genocide of the 1970's, the perpetuation of that art form was threatened, as most of Cambodia's artistic figures were murdered. Now, in the U.S., young Cambodian-Americans are reviving the dance.

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