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Dave Hirschman, reporter for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, and author of Hijacked: the Heroes of Flight 705, joins Robert by phone to talk about the new arrangement between Federal Express and the U.S. Postal Service. (4:30) Hijacked: the Heroes of Flight 705, is published by William Morrow, 1998.

Poet and commentator Andrei Codrescu offers a meditation about the human body.

Jason Beaubien reports on President Clinton's return to New Hampshire, the state he credits with giving him the momentum to say in the 1992 Presidential race. Clinton used today's speech in Dover to talk about the social and economic improvements of the last eight years.

A 1971 work by Steve Reich, "Drumming" is widely considered a masterpiece of minimalism.

Gene Autry's ubiquitous theme song never got old for 'the Singing Cowboy,' remaining a mainstay for his entire career as an actor, singer, and owner of the Anaheim Angels.

The cost of sending a first class letter goes up by 1 penny today, to 34 cents. Liane talks with Wayne Youngblood, editor and publisher of the journal Stamp Collector and the website stampcollector.net, about how stamp collectors are reacting to this price increase.

Weekend Edition's resident satirists at the Montana Logging and Ballet Company take a humorous look at the transition efforts of President-elect George W. Bush.

Liane talks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli from Rome about the closing yesterday of the Jubilee Year by Pope John Paul the Second. The Holy Year was marked by memorable events and visits to Rome by millions of pilgrims.

Lisa Simeone talks with NPR's Brian Naylor about the more controversial of President-elect Bush's cabinet appointments.

Liane Hansen speaks with Anthony DeCurtis, contributing editor at Rolling Stone Magazine, about the controversy surrounding the Grammy nomination of Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP for Album of the Year. Parents and gay-rights groups have criticized Eminem for his gay-bashing, homicidal, and misogynistic lyrics. {STATIONS NOTE: 0:52 into the piece, an excerpt of music from "The Marshall Mathers LP" is heard, including the line: My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge/That'll stab you in the head whether you're a fag or lez/Or the homosex, hermaph or a trans-a-vest/Pants or dress/Hate fags? The answer's yes}