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Without dental insurance, William Stork has put off getting his rotten tooth pulled; Medicare doesn't cover the $1,000 procedure. Dentists can't agree on whether all seniors should get that benefit.

The United States is one of a handful of countries, and the only wealthy nation, without a national paid leave policy.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with John Gilliland, Deputy President of the Ulster Farmer's Union, about continuing concerns over the impact of Foot and Mouth Disease in Northern Ireland.

We remember singer and songwriter John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas. Phillips died this morning in Los Angeles, from apparent heart failure. He was 65 years old.

Commentator Meg Barnhouse remembers saving some flowers that were "in danger." They have reappeared.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Stuart Portnoy from Arlington, Virginia. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WETA and WAMU in Washington, DC.)

President Bush visited New Jersey this week to press for his tax cut proposal and to court one Democratic Senator in particular. From member station WNYC in New York, Andrea Bernstein reports.

In New Mexico, a relative of Billy the Kid asked the Legislature to pardon the legendary outlaw after all these years. The Legislature turned him down. Essayist Kate Nelson agrees with the decision and keeps on rooting for the Kid.

NPR's Andy Trudeau and his annual review of the musical nominees for Best Score. In the second of three parts, he and Liane listen to Rachel Portman's music for Chocolat and Ennio Morricone's score for Malena.

NPR's Richard Harris reports from Antarctica, where a team of biologists studies the few life forms tenacious enough to exist in such a harsh climate.