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NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on the problems that riddled the presidential election in Illinois last November. Florida may have gotten more coverage, but Chicago had more election errors than any other city in the country.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Daniel Schorr about his new book, Staying Tuned: A Life in Journalism. Schorr is currently an NPR news analyst, but in 60 years of journalism, he has worked a lot of beats, and collected a lot of stories. (8:58

She was nominated for an Academy Award this year for best actress in the film You Can Count on Me. Shes currently starring in Further Tales of the City, the third installment of Armistead Maupins saga of San Francisco life in the 1980s. Linney also starred in the previous Tales of the City and More Tales of the City. Her other films include The House of Mirth and The Truman Show. Linney got her start in the theatre when she was 12 years old.

On Friday the Senate passed a budget resolution that reduces the President's proposed tax cut and significantly increases spending on health care. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with NPR's Health Policy Reporter Julie Rovner about what the Senate's plan would pay for.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome about a campaign to ban political satire on public TV. Silvio Berlusconi who owns three tv networks and is running for office, has frequently been the source of hard hitting satire and has asked that such political barbs be banned.

Scott talks with two of the thirteen people who took a Freedom Ride from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans in 1961. At the time he joined the ride, B. Elton Cox was minister living in High Point, North Carolina. Edward Blankenheim was a student at the University of Arizona.

Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell reviews the movie Memento.

Scott and NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discuss the news of the week.

NPR's Phillip Martin reports on the controversy surrounding the continuing investigation into the finances of Jesse Jackson and his organization, the Citizen Education Fund.

Janet Heimlich visits two small, rural Texas towns that are struggling to remain viable as their industries, and populations, diminish.