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Melinda speaks with the curator the the Museum of Western Colorado about new forsensic studies being undertaken to try to determine if the 19th century notorious "cannibal" Alfred Packer killed the rest of his group in order to eat them...or simply ate them after killing the last one in self-defense.

The Supreme Court in Israel decided there should be no ban on the playing in that country of the music of Richard Wagner. Wagner was a known anti-Semite, who was a hero to Adolf Hitler, although he died fifty years before Hitler rose to power. Melinda speaks with Martin Goldsmith, former host of NPR's Performance Today, about why Wagner's music was unofficially banned in Israel for so long.

California's Governor Gray Davis announced his plan to avert the possible bankruptcy of his state's utilities. Mr. Davis proposes that the state buy the transmission lines from the utilities. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.

Melinda talks with Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about some of the movies and performances that did not receive Oscar award nominations.

Melinda reviews the news of the week with NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr.

A hearing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was held yesterday. The commission is investigating whether thousands of citizens may have been denied the right to vote in Florida's November elections. NPR's Philip Davis reports.

Melinda speaks with Antoinette Russell, who found several autograph books in the drawer of a table she bought at an auction.

Melinda with some thoughts about former president Bill Clinton's latest troubles and of the submarine accident in the Pacific.

Breslow: NPR's Peter Breslow pays a return visit to Ecuador 25 years after living there and brings back some snapshots.

Some people spy for money, some for ideology, and others just for adventure. But no one is sure why former FBI counter-intelligence specialist Robert Hanssen may have volunteered to betray U.S. intelligence secrets to the Russians. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on his possible motivations.