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Host Lisa Simeone talks with John Gilliland, Deputy President of the Ulster Farmer's Union, about continuing concerns over the impact of Foot and Mouth Disease in Northern Ireland.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports from Los Angeles on the seventh annual Santa Clarita International Film Festival, which stresses films about family concerns.

Commentator Meg Barnhouse remembers saving some flowers that were "in danger." They have reappeared.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Stuart Portnoy from Arlington, Virginia. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WETA and WAMU in Washington, DC.)

Liane Hansen speaks with guitarist/composer Ralph Towner, from the jazz/classical/world music group Oregon. After playing together for 30 years, the quartet has had collaborations with orchestras in the past, but only now has put their orchestral repertoire on disc:Oregon in Moscow (Intuition Records #3303) features the group performing with the Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra. We'll also hear from producer Steve Rodby, who organized the Moscow project.

NPR's Richard Harris reports from Antarctica, where a team of biologists studies the few life forms tenacious enough to exist in such a harsh climate.

We remember singer and songwriter John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas. Phillips died this morning in Los Angeles, from apparent heart failure. He was 65 years old.

NPR's Richard Harris looks at the week in science, including a new explanation of why plants have leaves.

Native American groups protest the University of North Dakota's graduation ceremonies. Some are offended the school competes as the "Fighting Sioux." They were further angered when an alumnus offered the school $100 million -- as long as the name stays.

NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports that the Bush administration is trying to decide whether to fight Democrats over the use of the American Bar Association to screen judicial nominees. The administration would like to eliminate this step in the nomination process, though it's been done since the days of President Eisenhower.