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Weekend Edition Sunday's Ned Wharton is back with his latest samplings of cutting edge music. This time around, hear the music of Neil Finn, John McLaughlin's Remember Shakti and Monty Alexander.

Al's Magic Shop, a Washington, D.C., institution for several decades, is closing shop. Proprieter Al Cohen is revered by the world's top magicians as the greatest demonstrator of magic tricks alive.

Emily Carter reads Cold Feet: A Christmas Story. It's about Samuel Kaminsky, a hip restaurant owner from Miami. He's sentenced to rehab in Minnesota, and he has a very bad attitude about it. He has contempt for the people in his Minneapolis recovery group and he thinks they wear really ugly shoes. His own shoes are elegant handmade Italian leather loafers, beautiful but entirely unable to keep out the Midwestern winter. On Christmas he's all alone, until he finds a drunken Santa present-laden, passed out in the snow. Kaminsky tries to finish delivering the Santa's presents as a way to secure an invitation to a fancy Christmas party. Instead, he finds redemption - and a pair of big, ugly, warm boots.

New research with two orangutans reveals that orangutans understand things even chimpanzees don't. NPR's Chris Joyce reports.

NPR's John Burnett tells the stories of two men who worked at the Windows on the World restaurant, and perished in the attack on the World Trade Center. Two families -- one in the Bronx, one in Mexico -- are left wondering what to do now.

Noah Adams interviews Mason Jennings, a singer-songwriter from Minneapolis. Jennings' main instruments are his guitar and his voice. His sound is simple and folksy and his songs often tell stories drawn from real-life experiences. Jennings talks about how he writes and performs some of his music.

Obesity has become an epidemic among American children. One researcher's solution is to change the parents' habits. Dr. Leonard Epstein has found that children are most successful at losing weight and keeping it off when they team up with their families. NPR's Vicky Que follows one family's experience with Epstein's Stoplight diet and their struggle with obesity.

Many Afghans fleeing the Soviet invasion of their country found a new home in the United States. Now Afghan-Americans are putting together a grass-roots group to provide a "brain trust" to help their war-torn homeland. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

At least nine hurricanes are predicted by researchers at Colorado State University. Four of those are expected to be Category 3 or higher.

For another year, Morning Edition presents the annual Fantasy Thanksgiving Day bash, replete with great chefs sharing supberb food.