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Daniel talks with Lois Underhill, the author of the book "The Woman Who Ran For President: The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull." She was the first woman to run for President in the U.S. and to address a Congressional committee. She was also the first to have a brokerage firm on Wall Street in New York City. The book chronicles Woodhull's life in the late 1800's.

The Farmer's Market in Los Angeles has been going strong for ome 60 years now. It's a colorful collection of fruit stands and eateries. eekend Edition essayist Lester Sloan profiles the "mayor of the Farmer's arket"...a woman who has seen it all in her many years on the sidelines of one f the city's most distinctive landmarks.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the reached settlement of the office building workers strike in New York City. 35,000 workers have been striking since the beginning of the year in a dispute over pay for new hires. Rank and file union members vote today on the proposed settlement.

after a Serb rocket attack killed one woman and wounded six others. It has been described as the worst violence in the city since the arrival of the NATO peace force.

Beth Fertig reports on an ambitious housing project begun in New York City by the then powerful Republican Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. The housing project named Roosevelt Island. It was supposed to be a urban utopia....built to house rich and poor. But it has relied heavily on state support. So in these times of shrinking budgets, financial commitment to the island may be waning and residents are worried.

Beth Fertig of member station W-N-Y-C reports on the deteriorating condition of New York City Public School buildings. According to a study by the General Accounting Office, one-third of the nation's school buildings need major repairs. Fertig visits Public School 73 in Brooklyn, which is still heated by coal, and where the walls need to be repaired.

Shoko Asahara, the leader of Japan's doomsday sect Aum Shin Rikyu, goes on trial tomorrow on murder charges for the nerve gas attacks on Tokyo's subways last year. As NPR's Julie McCarthy reports, the attacks have shattered the image of Tokyo as a peaceful place and cast doubts on the abilities of the city's world-renowned police department.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Aisha Khurram, a student at Kabul University, about what she is seeing in the city as it falls to the Taliban.

Cities adding more bike lanes hasn't stopped hundreds of cyclists from dying in crashes with cars and trucks. Some riders and drivers are turning to technology.

What would a local news broadcast be without its rousing Action News! theme song? Host David Wright speaks with 24-year-old Byron Graziano of New York City, who collects local news themes for his web site, the TV News Music Museum. http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/7612/