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  • Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) in 2009.
    Jesse Jackson Jr. Charged With Illegally Spending Campaign Funds
    Jackson, the son of civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, resigned from Congress last November. Prosecutors claim he spent some $750,000 of campaign funds on personal things like a Rolex watch and fur coats.
  • Checking In On Chicago Schools' 'Safe Passage' Program
    In Chicago on Friday, President Obama explored his home city's gun violence problem at an appearance at a South Side high school — the same school NPR's David Schaper visited two years ago to report on its "safe passage" program to help students get to and from school safely. Schaper returns to see how the program and other anti-violence initiatives are working.
  • Nuclear bomb tests like this one, conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1957, are helping scientists understand how the human body works.
    What Nuclear Bombs Tell Us About Our Tendons
    The fallout from Cold War bomb tests is shedding light on why the Achilles tendon heals so poorly after injuries.
  • This image shows asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Eta Carinae Nebula, with the white box highlighting the asteroid's path. The image was taken using a 3" refractor equipped with a color CCD camera. The telescope is located at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia and is maintained and owned by iTelescope.net.
    For Australian Observatory, Asteroid 2012 DA14 Was Their Time In The Spotlight
    NASA TV transmitted a live feed of their telescope and they were tracking the asteroid — moving at 17,450 miles per hour — without the aid of a computer, which is not an easy task.
  • Tales Of Transformation Make 'Vampires In The Lemon Grove' A Stunner
    Karen Russell's new collection of short stories has dead presidents reincarnated as horses, girls turning into silkworms, and vampires who quench their thirst for blood with lemons. Reviewer Meg Wolitzer says that in Russell's world we aren't fixed in space and time but can change at any moment.
  • Tracy Johnson and her mother-in-law, Sandra Johnson.
    In Loving Memory Of A Wife, Daughter And Fallen Soldier
    Tracy Johnson lost her wife to war, but she didn't lose her family.
  • New Gun Laws Still A Touchy Subject In Congress
    Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with Sen. Dick Durbin about the prospects for gun control legislation. The Illinois Democrat chaired a Senate hearing on the issue of gun violence, but the congressional debate remains contentious.
  • Week In Sport: A Track Star's Fall From Grace
    The Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was charged this week with the murder of his girlfriend at his home in South Africa. His appearance in the 2012 Olympics marked the first time a double amputee had ever competed. Also, with Selection Sunday just four weeks away, no team in college basketball can hang onto the No. 1 spot. Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.
  • When The Pope Speaks (Latin), Who Is Listening?
    Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation this week. He gave the announcement in Latin, but who still understands the language? Apparently there are more than 50,000 people in Finland who do. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with Finnish radio broadcaster Tuomo Pekkanen about his Latin radio show.
  • Coroner Says Dorner Died From Single Gunshot To Head
    At a news conference, San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon revealed new details about the final showdown with ex-cop Christopher Dorner that left one deputy dead and another seriously wounded. It's unclear whether the wound was self inflicted.
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