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NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Dr. Gregory Hirsch from Carlsbad, Calif. He listens to Weekend Edition Sunday on member station KPBS in San Diego.

NPR's Jeff Brady profiles Colorado's Senator-elect Ken Salazar. A Democrat in a state that otherwise chose to re-elect President Bush, Salazar's campaign emphasized his Catholic faith and "family values."

A new ban takes effect Friday ending the over-the-counter use of steroid-like dietary supplements. The best known of these is androstenedione, or "andro."

Jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, 83, was a mentor to Miles Davis and performed with Count Basie and Duke Ellington. He recently donated his archive of memorabilia to William Paterson University in New Jersey. NPR's Jacki Lyden interviews Terry just before he takes the stage at New York's Jazz Gallery.

The Food and Drug Administration requires safety screening for medications used by adults, but most drugs approved for use in the United States have never undergone comprehensive pediatric studies. Doctors often must guess the appropriate dosage when administering such medications to children. NPR's Michele Norris talks to Dr. Jerome Groopman, who has written about the subject in the current New Yorker magazine.

Iraqis have voted in large numbers in the country's first multi-party elections in more than half a century. A string of suicide bombings and mortar attacks, mostly in Baghdad, left at least 30 people dead and dozens wounded. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

One of President Bush's top domestic priorities this year is health care. He frequently speaks about medical malpractice reform and is proposing a cap on non-economic damages. But some critics say those types of damages aren't the problem.

Election workers are working around the clock in Baghdad's heavily fortified "green zone," counting the votes from Sunday's election. Results are expected in a few days. The unofficial leader in the poll is the United Iraqi Alliance, a collation of Shiites, followed by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's slate.

Ill with an acute respiratory tract infection, Pope John Paul II is hospitalized in Rome. Robert Siegel talks with John Allen, Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter.

This week, Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth looks at the documentary Born into Brothels. The film looks at children of Indian prostitutes and was filmed by the children themselves. According to Turan, the technique works and creates surprisingly uplifting stories.