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After touring for a year and a half, Lightman opted for an organic sound for her second album, Bird on a Wire. The disc nicely captures her ability to seamlessly mix R&B with rock, and demonstrates how much she's matured and gained confidence since her debut.

Host Rachel Martin speaks to W.R. Wilkerson III about the infamous 1947 Hollywood Blacklist. Wilkerson is the son of Billy Wilkerson, who was publisher of The Hollywood Reporter from 1930 to 1962 and supported the blacklist through the trade paper. Wilkerson III has written a formal apology for his father's role in the controversy 65 years later.

James "Smuggie" Mitchell, who is running for Charlotte City Council, took out a $375,00 loan from Malcolmb Coley when he became chief executive and part-owner of R.J. Leeper Construction. Coley said Mitchell never paid him back and that he is taking Mitchell's ownership stake as collateral.

In this final round, all the answers contain the consecutive letters "C-A-R". Dude! Sweet!

From the series Shrill, Lolly Adefope and E.R. Fightmaster work together in a music parody game where songs with the word "heart" in the title are rewritten to be about other things starting with H.

NPR'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH SENATOR ORRIN HATCH (R-UT), AND DR. LAURA D'ANDREA TYSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS, ABOUT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S BUDGET AND THE PROSPECTS FOR A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.

BOOM - Songwriter Jimmy Keyes died this past week. He wrote and performed the classic rhythm and blues song SH-BOOM in the 1950's, when he was with a group called The Chords. The song was one of the first r and b standards to cross over into the main commercial market.

David Baron of member station W-B-U-R in Boston reports on a woman who has spent her life in and around doctors. Now she's become a patient and is battling cancer. She is hoping to pass on her first hand experiences to other doctors.

The Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut is taking egal action to defend the state's public defenders. Pippin Ross of member tation W-F-C-R in Amherst, Massachusetts reports on the legal issues being aised to protest the poor working conditions imposed on the state-paid defense ttorneys.

N-P-R's David Molpus reports on the mechanisms and machinations that exist in offices to decide who -- if anyone -- has to work on holidays. It used to be a simple system of seniority. That doesn't work anymore.

N-P-R's Walter Ray Watson visits a house in Chevy Chase, aryland and shares in the reunion between the family who lives there now and he 88-year-old man whose boyhood diary was found under the floorboards during enovations.

We visit The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival 2000 in Stanhope, New Jersey. Host Jacki Lyden talks with poets Mark Doty, Anne Waldman, and Yusef Komunyakaa -- and we hear their poetry. Jacki also talks with Jim Haba, the director of the festival.

Carl Cannon, White House correspondent of the Baltimore Sun oins Liane Hansen to talk about this past week's news, including the esignation of Sen. Robert Dole (R-KS) and the suicide of Admiral Jeremy "Mike" oorda, Chief of Naval Operations.

N-P-R's Linda Gradstein (grad-steen) reports from Israel on the apture Friday of HAssan Salameh, who the Israelis beleive is responsible for hree suicide attacks earlier this year. The capture has raised fears that the sraeli elections 10 days from now will be a target for disruption.

P-R's Wade Goodwyn reports on today's memorial services.

N-P-R's Jon Hamilton reports on a promising development in AIDS research. Scientists at Harvard have designed a vaccine that helps create killer T-cells specially programmed to recognize and attack HIV infection.

N-P-R's Claudio Sanchez reports on a perennial election year issue: school vouchers. The issue is particularly controversial in Michigan, where a ballot initiative, known as Proposal One, has drawn both praise and criticism. School vouchers are also on California's ballot next month.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discusses the next step for campaign finance reform with Representatives Marty Meehan (D-Mass) and J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz).

Host Bob Edwards talks with Representatives Roy Blunt (R-MO) and John Spratt (D-SC). They take a look at President Bush's budget, which was released yesterday.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Alexandra Hahn from Providence, R.I. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WRNI in Providence.