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  • Bolivia's new president Evo Morales' much-photographed sweater is making a big fashion statement. The sudden popularity of the multicolored, striped sweater has inspired a La Paz manufacturer to turn out a thousand sweaters like it.
  • Steve Inskeep talks with former President Bill Clinton about his foundation's work to lower the cost of AIDS treatments in developing countries. Thursday, the Clinton Foundation announced it had negotiated cheaper long-term drugs and faster AIDS tests.
  • Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Mitch Berman from Wichita, Kansas. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KMUW in Wichita.)
  • Saddam Hussein's trial resumes in Baghdad with a new chief judge, and descends into chaos almost immediately as Saddam and three other defendants shout at the judge and walk out of the court.
  • After more than 18 years at the helm of the nation's economy, Alan Greenspan steps down Tuesday. As head of the Federal Reserve, Greenspan presided over the longest economic expansion in U.S. history.
  • ABC News co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured when the Iraqi Army vehicle they were traveling in was attacked and an explosive device went off.
  • A government scientist claims that his superiors are silencing his public statements on global warming. NASA climate expert James Hansen went public with these accusations in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
  • The host of Jazz with Jae Sinnett on WHRV-FM in Norfolk, Va., is also a recording artist. He tells Liane Hansen about his latest CD, The Sinnett Hearings.
  • Chris Elliott, son of the venerable humorist-performer Bob Elliott and a former Late Night with David Letterman gofer-turned-writer, has crafted a mystery-history, tragi-comedy, time-traveling work of literary fiction.
  • Senators sharply question federal safety officials during a hearing on one of the nation's biggest mine disasters in 20 years. Labor subcommittee members asked why the Sago mine was not shut down for past violations. They also wanted to know if communications technology could have saved lives.
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