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Debbie Elliott reports that the trial of a former Ku Klux Klansman in the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham has stirred memories and resentments of that turbulent time, even as the city tries to project a new image. The Klansman's attorney says there is no way his client can get a fair trial in Birmingham, which is seeking redemption for its racist past.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from the city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the secessionist moves by Croat nationalists. Tensions boiled over when SFOR peacekeepers raided a bank believed to be funding the Croat rebellion. International officials say they are facing their worst crisis since the end of the Bosnian war in 1995.

Commentator Stephen Kuusisto is a blind writer who was recently invited by a primate researcher to visit with a pair of young chimpanzees. The chimps, a boy and a girl, each about a year old, took instantly to the man with the white cane. They allowed him to touch and play with them, and he in turn allowed them to climb and jump from his cane. The experience has changed the way he feels about his cane.

Cisco Systems announced this week that they cutting 8,500 jobs. Cisco is considered a pillar of the Internet industry. Scott speaks with Fortune magazine's executive editor Joe Nocera.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on the information war waged by the Pentagon since the collision between a U.S. Navy surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet. The Pentagon released video of previous reconnaissance craft encounters with Chinese fighters. In doing so, they've steered the discussion toward the cause of the crash -- rather than the right of the U.S. plane to conduct its surveillance.

Scott with some thoughts on Anti-Semitism.

Eric Engelman reports from Moscow on the tumultuous week for the independent Russian media.

The Mississippi River is expected to crest today in the small Wisconsin town of Prairie du Chien. But the floods have already placed a tremendous financial burden on homeowners and businesses. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

In our third monthly installment of Along for the Ride, guest reporter Michele Serros travels in search of mole and Mexican roots in New York City. Poet Serros is author of Chicana Falsa and Other Stories of Death, Identity, and Oxnard (Riverhead Books).

This weekend the 28th annual International Whistler's Competition is being held in Louisburg, North Carolina. Scott speaks with whistler extraordinaire Christopher Ullman.