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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Susan Raymond from Pawling, N.Y. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WSHU in Fairfield, Conn.)

Former model Alison Houtte used her runway earnings to open a vintage boutique where every piece of clothing tells its own unique story. Jacki Lyden rummages through the racks at Hooti Couture.

New Orleans is working hard to get back on its feet, but its inhabitants -- including residents of Honeysuckle Lane -- continue to be frustrated with the lack of electricity, water and other basic services.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice worked through the night with Palestinian and Israeli officials to help negotiate an agreement that will open border crossings between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. The deal also provides for construction of a Gaza seaport.

It's pink and lumpy. It's an NPR Thanksgiving tradition. And this year it's the subject of a conversation with world-famous entrepreneur Martha Stewart.

Medicare recipients can now sign up to get prescription drug insurance through Medicare. But a confusing array of programs and lack of easily found details are keeping some seniors from figuring out the new system, the biggest change in Medicare since it started 40 years ago.

President Bush met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Wednesday in Kyoto as part of his weeklong tour of four Asian countries. In a speech, he urged China to push for political and religious freedom while condemning North Korea as a tyrant state.

Liane Hansen and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz have a special puzzle for Neal Conan, host of NPR's Talk of the Nation as contestant. Our regular puzzle will return next week.

Steve Inskeep talks with New York Times reporter James Risen about his new book, State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration. Risen first broke the news about the National Security Agency's secret eavesdropping program, and says it's illustrative of the administration's behavior in the war on terror.

The movie Walk the Line opens Friday. It tells the love story between the Man in Black -- Johnny Cash -- and country sweetheart June Carter, played by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. Director James Mangold talks about the movie.