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From Los Angeles, Johanna Cooper reports on the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. The group has long invited community members to join them on stage. For her latest project, Hallelujah, Lerman brought in people from churches, synagogues and Buddhist temples to give praise and celebrate as part of the dance.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on new developments in genome research. Last summer, biologists declared victory in their quest to decode human D-N-A. Since then, they've taken a comprehensive look at the genome, and their findings provide a new and surprising perspective on human genes.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports from San Francisco, where the power crisis and rising heating bills have caused record numbers of poor households to apply for financial help to pay their utility bills.

NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports from California's Central Valley, where farmers are bracing for power shortages that could have an impact well beyond the state.

The German Government released figures that shows attacks last year by Neo-Nazis against foreigners have risen by 40 percent over the same period in 1999. From Berlin, NPR's Guy Raz reports on how a group of social psychologists view how history of being passed from one generation to the next.

Lisa talks with Jeanne Thaggard of Austin, Texas. In the 1920s, Thaggard's parents met through the exchange of a message in a shirt pocket, sent from the Montgomery Ward shipping center.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on the ways in which genome research has helped scientists and doctors identify genes that cause illnesses.

President Bush has suggested dress code for White House staffers. Weekend Edition Commentator Diane Roberts applauds this trend, but thinks the president didn't go far enough.

Liane speaks with Weekend Edition Sunday music director Ned Wharton about the latest crop of new releases on CD.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Sergeant Rob MacLean, Public Information Officer for the United States Park Police on the White House shooting; President George W. Bush and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle; new Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon; and Darrell Ames, spokesman for the US Navy Pacific Fleet.