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Clyde's of Georgetown, part of the 14-restaurant Clyde's Restaurant Group, is just one of many restaurants trying to navigate the changes the Affordable Care Act will bring.

A Restaurant Brainstorms How To Afford Obamacare

Restaurants face particular challenges adapting to the new health care laws. The CFO of one restaurant chain says it's not as simple as just cutting employee pay or raising prices to bring in the extra money needed.

Sylvester Monroe and then-wife Regina at his graduation from Harvard University in 1973.

Fifty Years Later, 'A Better Chance' Trains Young Scholars

What do Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, singer-song writer Tracy Chapman, and the president of the Ford Foundation have in common? Answer: They were all "A Better Chance" scholars.

Questions Remain After Shooting In Santa Monica

Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon talks with NPR's Sam Sanders about Friday's shootings in Santa Monica, Calif. A gunman killed four people, before he was shot by police at Santa Monica College.

Civil Liberties Group Concerned Over NSA Programs

The news that the National Security Agency has been collecting reams of telephone data and internet surfing both at home and abroad has rattled civil liberties groups. Amid the concerns about privacy and possible abuse, the revelations are an indication of something important: the intelligence community's move into the new frontier of Big Data.

The Time Esther Williams Taught Scott Simon To Swim

Hollywood Icon Esther Williams died this week. Besides being a movie star and a champion swimmer, she also offered Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon some swimming tips when they met back in 1999. He has this remembrance.

David Cross (left) reprises his role as Dr. Tobias Funke, the sexually ambiguous brother-in-law of Jason Bateman's character, Michael Bluth, in Netflix's new season of <em>Arrested Development.</em>

Fresh Air Weekend: Mitch Hurwitz, Jason Isbell And 'Before Midnight'

Arrested Development's creator tells Fresh Air that if the show doesn't get the right ratings this time, he can't blame the time slot. Isbell's new album, Southeastern, hits the spot. In Richard Linklater's third film about Jesse and Celine, the two have coupled up, but it's no fairy tale.

Photo taken Friday of the burned-out bus in Xiamen, China, where 47 people were killed in an apparent arson-suicide.

Authorities: China Bus Fire That Killed 47 Was Arson-Suicide

The man suspected of setting the deadly fire left a suicide note at his home and reportedly kept a blog of his frustrations with the government in obtaining social security benefits.

Serena Williams celebrates match point Saturday against Russian Maria Sharapova at Roland Garros in Paris.

Serena Williams Wins French Open, Clinches 16th Grand Slam

Williams beat Russia's Maria Sharapova, 6-4, 6-4 for her first win at the French Open in more than a decade.

A squirrel monkey at the London Zoo, photographed in December.

For London Zoo Patrons, It's A Case Of Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Squirrel monkeys in a "walk-through" enclosure bit more than a dozen visitors over a year-long period, according to a report.

Week In News: Spying Suspicions Come To Light

Revelations this week that the National Security Agency has been running an extensive domestic surveillance program involving companies like Google, Facebook and Apple has caused many Americans to ask what's left of their privacy. Guest host Tess Vigeland speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent with The Atlantic.

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