Search results for

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Frank Summerfield from San Mateo, California. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KQED, San Francisco.)

Kathy Witkowsky reports from Montana's Bitterroot Valley on the wildfires that continue to burn throughout the west. More than four million acres of forest and grassland, throughout 10 states from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean, have been ravaged. In southwest Montana, thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes.

The arrest of an internationally repected democracy and human rights activist, has generated fear within Egypt's community of human rights watchers who see it as a warning to critics of the government. Kate Seelye speaks with Saad Eddin Ibrahim immediately after his release.

NPR's Fred Wasser profiles Charles Bukowski, the legendary and notorious poet. Bukowski's earthy, visceral writing -- and lifestyle -- brought him a devoted audience. Six years after his death in 1994, Bukowski remains popular, and a new edition of posthumous works are being published next month, under the title Open All Night. (Black Sparrow Press)

President Clinton spent the weekend in Los Angeles hobnobbing with celebrities and raising money for his Presidential Library, as well as appearing at functions that raised money for wife Hillary's Senate campaign. NPR's Brian Naylor reports from Los Angeles on whether the President is stealing thunder from Gore's impending arrival at this week's Democratic National Convention.

Weekend Edition's Information Age Specialist Rich Dean complains that he's having trouble getting all of his high-tech toys to work with each other, and guess what? The manufacturers seem to like it like that.

It's been nearly two years since massive street protests forced the resignation of Indonesia's long-time dictator, Suharto. The fragile democracy is now in the hands of a frail, nearly blind Muslim leader named Abdul Rachman Wahid. NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jakarta on the ailing President Wahid who has been forced to relinquish some of his day to day powers.

Jacki talks to Vikki Spruill, executive director of the environmental group Seaweb, about the group's decision to release chefs from their pledge to not serve swordfish. Due to the recent dwindling of the swordfish population, dropping to alarming levels, environmental groups spent the past two years convincing more than 700 chefs to take swordfish off their menus. Spruill explains why the ban has been lifted.

Essayist Shoba Narayan recalls spending "quality time" with family on the Internet...where they recently held a wake for a deceased relative.

Commentator Mary Swander tells the story of how following the political conventions can have a detrimental effect on family life.