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Scott reviews the news of the week with NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on the inexact science of audio recovery and storage.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the NBA playoffs, which begin this weekend.

Thousands of protestors have gathered in Quebec City to demonstrate at Summit of the Americas. In recent years, activists have created a network of volunteer first aid crews. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann met with a team of "street medics" as they prepared to cross the border.

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

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.

Dan Schorr discusses the week's events in the Middle East with Shibley Telhami, who holds the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, and Robert Satloff, who directs the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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.

Scott talks with Jon Sandys, founder of the web site movie-mistakes.com. According to Sandys there are over one hundred "mistakes" in the Oscar award-winning movie, Gladiator -- and even a few faux pas in such classics as Casablanca and Star Wars. (3:00) Note: Web site will open in new browser window.

Scott talks with history professor and FDR biographer Patrick Maney about the enormous number of songs that were written for Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt during their time in the White House. (12:00) For more on this story, visit our FDR music feature page.