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SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH PAUL WAGNER, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR OF THE DOCUMENTARY "OUT OF IRELAND - THE STORY OF IRISH EMIGRATION TO AMERICA." IT WILL BE SHOWN ON PBS LATER THIS YEAR. THERE IS A COMPANION BOOK: "OUT OF IRELAND" BY KERBY MILLER AND PAUL WAGNER, PUBLISHED BY ELLIOTT & CLARK PUBLISHING, WASHINGTON, D.C.

This past week, dieters learned some bad news: even if you lose weight, your body will still fight to return to its old weight. Gwen Machsai reflects on the endless battle over weightloss.

NPR'S ISABELLA ALEGRIA REPORTS THAT RAINS HAVE ABATED AND FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING IN CALIFORNIA, LEAVING BEHIND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGED AND RUINED CROPS. MANY SMALL FARMERS AREN'T INSURED AND CONSUMERS ALREADY ARE SEEING HIGHER PRICES IN LOCAL MARKETS.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MICHAEL ENRIGHT, THE HOST OF THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION'S FAMED SHOW "AS IT HAPPENS," ABOUT PROPOSED CUTS OF THE NETWORK'S BUDGET AND THE RESIGNATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CBC, ANTHONY MANERA.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: SHAY STEVENS & LAURA KNOY

NPR'S ANN COOPER REPORTS FROM SOWETO OTHAT ALTHOUGH APARTHEID HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE APARTHEID "MENTALITY" STILL EXISTS IN THAT COUNTRY'S POLICE FORCE.

As the House prepares to vote on rolling back the "Great Society" welfare programs of the 1960's and to give states the power to run their own assistance programs, one state-based program -- child support enforcement - is likely to become a federal one. NPR's Peter Kenyon examines this exception to the devolutionary trend.

NPR'S BRENDA WILSON REPORTS ON ALLEGATIONS BY A CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATION THAT LINKS SURGEON GENERAL NOMINEE DR. HENRY FOSTER WITH THE NOTORIOUS TUSKEGEE SYPHILIS EXPERIMENT.

Daniel visits an exhibit of household items from Elizabethan England at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington. Curator Leena Cowan Orlin says that it's relatively easy to imagine what life was like back then because a detailed inventory was kept of every item in the home.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.