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From member station KCUR, Jeremy Cate reports on a growing problem for many airports -- collisions between wildlife and airplanes. In Kansas City, they're trying a unique experiment to keep deer from wandering on to the runway.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Pete Sokolosky from Vernal, Utah. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KUSU - Utah Public Radio in Logan and KUER University of Utah in Salt Lake City.)

NPR's Jackie Northam reports that the Miss USA pageant is landing in an unlikely venue this year -- Gary, Indiana. The city, infamous for its murder rate, is hoping a beauty pageant will be the beginnings of an image makeover.

Toni Randolph reports from Boston that the city's public transit authority has launched a new customer service campaign. Now, commuters who are delayed by at least half an hour by late trains and buses earn free rides.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports that a judge has ruled that school children in New York City aren't receiving a large enough portion of the state's education dollars. He says inadequate funding is costing the students a sufficient education.

From member station WNYC, Andrea Bernstein reports that New York City will pay millions to citizens who were strip-searched by police. The settlement is one of the largest ever for civil rights offenses.

President Bush heads to Quebec City today for a meeting North and South American leaders. Commentator Andrew Malcolm says the United States is so focused on a global foreign policy agenda that it often takes its nearer neighbor Canada for granted.

NPR's Ivan Watson in the city of Cotonou in the West African country of Benin reports on the mystery of the whereabouts of nearly 200 slave children. They were thought to have been on board a cargo vessel. But when the ship docked at Benin's main port, there was no sign of the child slaves.

Thousands of protestors have gathered in Quebec City to demonstrate at Summit of the Americas. In recent years, activists have created a network of volunteer first aid crews. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann met with a team of "street medics" as they prepared to cross the border.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from the city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the secessionist moves by Croat nationalists. Tensions boiled over when SFOR peacekeepers raided a bank believed to be funding the Croat rebellion. International officials say they are facing their worst crisis since the end of the Bosnian war in 1995.