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Dancer and performer Gwen Verdon died this week at age 75. She was known as the best interpreter of choreographer Bob Fosse's work, and well-remembered as the red-haired temptress Lola in the musical Damn Yankees. Kim Kokich knew Gwen Verdon and has this appreciation.

Liane talks with New York Times columnist Robert Lipsyte, who says that while the so-called "Subway Series" is getting a lot of media attention, New York sports fans save their real passion for football.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports from New York on the first game of the World Series between the New York Yankees and New York Mets. The Yankees beat the Mets last night 4-3 in a 12-inning thriller.

100 years ago today, the Wright Brothers, who hailed from Dayton, Ohio, flew their first glider, a major step toward their historic powered flight three years later. Today, another Dayton pilot will re-create those first glider flights. Aileen LeBlanc from member station WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio, reports.

Weekend Edition essayist Diane Roberts says George W. Bush and Al Gore aren't just competing for the presidency. Both men are also trying to prove that they're true-blue Southerners.

Liane talks with Kazuo Ishiguro, author of a new book, When We Were Orphans (published by Alfred A. Knopf ), about a detective whose parents disappeared when he was a child. Ishiguro wrote the highly acclaimed book, Remains of the Day.

Kathy Witkowsky reports from Montana's Bitterroot Valley on the after-effects of this summer's wildfires. Without underbrush to keep the soil in place, the fires have led to floods and erosion. The federal government is encouraging homeowners to protect their soil, but with no mandatory program, the danger remains.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports from New York, where the Yankees won their 14th straight World Series game last night, 6-5 over the Mets. This latest win puts the Bronx team up two games to nothing as the series heads to Queens to finish on Mets' home turf.

Host Bob Edwards talks with film-maker Vince Dipersio about his latest project, Hate-dot-com. The documentary examines how hate groups use the Internet to spread their ideology and recruit new members.

Journalist Robert Sullivan. His first book, The Meadowlands (now in paperback) an urban adventure in the wilds of the marshy dumping area between New Jersey and New York was praised for its wit, imagination and intelligence. His new book A Whale Hunt (Scribner) chronicles the two years he spent watching the Makah Indian tribe in Washington state as they prepared for and attempted their first whale hunt in over 70 years. But they didnt do it alone: they were surrounded by angry protestors and hounded by the press.