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NPR's Tom Goldman took a detour across the border to Tijuana on his way to cover the Super Bowl in San Diego. He sent us this audio postcard.

A coalition of black media outlets seeks to promote HIV-AIDS awareness. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Diane Weathers, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine.

As the economy lags and government grants and private funding begin to dry up, museum directors around the country scale back their efforts to expand and beautify their infrastructure. David D'Arcy reports.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is James Morgan from New Brunswick, N.J. Morgan listens to Weekend Edition on member stations WBGO in Newark and WNYC in New York City.

Montana officials investigate dozens of old cases as part of an investigation into the work of Arnold Melnikoff, former director of the Montana State Crime Lab. Melnikoff's testimony in hundreds of trials is being questioned after a man he helped convict was exonerated by DNA evidence. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

The cold spell that's chilled the Northeast for almost a month has frozen a pond in New York City's Central Park. The ice is so thick, city officials are allowing New Yorkers to skate there for the first time in 10 years. From member station WNYC, Richard Hake reports.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including President George W. Bush; NARAL Pro-Choice America President Kate Michelman; President Bush; Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge; French President Jacques Chirac; German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder; Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD).

Host Liane Hansen hosts a roundtable discussion with reporters from around the country, including Kate Nelson, columnist and editorial board member of The Albuquerque Tribune; Pat Yack, editor of The Florida Times-Union; and Jim Camden, senior political reporter with the Spokane, Wash., Spokesman-Review.

Two doctors work on an easy-to-administer drug regimen aimed at eradicating filariasis, a mosquito-borne disease affecting 43 million people in the tropics. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

The city of York, Penn., is a million dollars in debt, leading the mayor to ask people in the region to contribute $3.32 to help offset costs -- the equivalent of a McDonald's Chicken McNugget meal. Steve gets the whole story from the mayor.