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Actress Mercedes McCambridge, who chilled audiences in the 1970's as the voice of the Devil in The Exorcist. She won an Academy Award for her first film role -- in 1949 for All the King's Men. She also starred with Joan Crawford in Nicholas Ray's western, Johnny Guitar. (3

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discusses Independent Counsel Robert Ray's Whitewater findings with former Whitewater counsel Richard Ben Veniste and Rep. Tom Coburn (R-OK).

Melinda talks to Fina Torres, director of the new film, Woman on Top, about the movie's soundtrack, which she also produced. It features several classic Bossa Nova songs from the l950's, and 60's, as well as more recent compositions.

Melinda talks with Jim Lehrer about his new documentary Debating Our Destiny: 40 Years of Presidential Debates. Mr. Lehrer is the executive editor and anchor of the The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS. His documentary airs on PBS Sunday night.

Melinda talks with Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about the new film, Almost Famous.

Melinda talks with reporter Jacki Roland in Belgrade about Sunday's presidential election in Yugoslavia.

Host Mike Shuster talks to Peter Miller, author of The Common Sense Mortgage: How to Cut the Cost of Home Ownership by $50,000 or More, about interest rates and mortgages. (3:21) The Common Sense Mortgage : How to Cut the Cost of Home Ownership by $50,000 or More by Peter G. Miller is published by Contemporary Books; ISBN: 08092

Charlotte Renner reports from the home of L.L. Bean and outlet shopping, Freeport, Maine. It seems that with more and more outlet malls creeping across the country, towns like Freepost can no longer survive on bargains alone.

NPR's Uri Berliner reports from Sydney, Australia that most of the major league baseball teams have sent scouts to the Sydney games. The scouts are there to evaluate players especially pitchers in an effort to find new talents from various countries around the world.

Marcie Sillman from member station KUOW reports that the fate of a 93-hundred year old skeleton known as Kennewick Man is still in limbo. The Clinton Administration says the bones should be returned to the five tribes who claim them...but eight Oregon scientists have taken the case to federal court.