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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Frank Friedman from Flint, Michigan. He listens to Weekend Edition on member stations WKAR in East Lansing and WFUM in Flint.)

Robert Siegel and Susan Stamberg chronicle the large and small changes in the lives of Americans since the terrorist attacks and reflect on the places and venues in which the change has shown itself. (2:45)

Known as a traditional Irish band, Solas decided to try something new on its latest CD: blending traditional Celtic music with more contemporary songs from Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and others. They recently visited NPR to perform songs from their new CD, The Edge of Silence. (Shanachie Re

Scientists are surprised by the rapid disintegration of a large ice shelf around the Antarctic Peninsula. Is this more evidence of global warming? With Antarctica, it's hard to tell. For All Things Considered, NPR's Richard Harris has the story.

To workers at the Harris Beach law firm, their office on the 85th floor of the World Trade Center's south tower was their "acre in the sky." NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on the firm's efforts to recover in the six months since the Sept. 11 attacks.

There's renewed concern in the United States about dependence on oil from the Middle East. There is still oil under American soil. It isn't enough to run the country, but combined with oil outside OPEC's control, it may be enough to reduce reliance on Persian Gulf producers. In Part Two of All Things Considered's oil series, NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on some of the people trying to squeeze out a few more drops of domestic oil.

Of the 343 New York City firefighters and fire department officers lost in the Sept. 11 attack, nine were from a firehouse on East 29th Street. Six months later, the firefighters who survived have resumed their routines. From member station WNYC, Beth Fertig reports. (12:30)

Guest host Lynn Neary speaks with our movie-music guide Andy Trudeau about this year's crop of Oscar-nominated scores. This week: James Horner's A Beautiful Mind (Decca Records 440 016 191-2) and John Williams A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Warner Bros. 9 48096-2).

After the chaos of the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Southern California, seismologists created an Internet-based sensing system to let emergency crews spot the hardest-hit areas within minutes. NPR's Andy Bowers reports that the system also lets people share their quake experience online.

Francisco Goya spent years painting two portraits of a woman lying on a couch -- one nude, one fully clothed. Today, the Maja are considered masterpieces. But in the early 1800s, they got Goya in trouble with the Spanish Inquisition. Monday on All Things Considered, guest host Susan Stamberg takes a closer look at both paintings. They are the focus of a new National Gallery of Art exhibition -- view them online and compare. (7:30)