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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Katie Smith from Cary, North Carolina. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WUNC, Chapel Hill.)

From Cleveland, NPR's Brian Naylor reports on plans for Al Gore and the Democratic agenda. The Democrats have two weeks to craft their positions before their convention begins in Los Angeles.

He used to be known as Cat Stevens — and his recordings from the 1970's are being rereleased on CD to mark the 30th anniversary of his 1st American hits. In 1977, he embraced the Islamic faith and turned his back on the music industry. He was denounced for his reported support of the Ayatollah Khomeni's death decree against novelist Salman Rushdie, and just this month, he was not allowed to enter Israel for his reported support of Hamas. Yusuf Islam tells Liane his side of the story, and about his life and faith.

Lisa Simeone reports from Baltimore, where a community group has come together to stage a synchronized swimming event loosely-based on the story of Antony and Cleopatra.

As George W. Bush looks forward to being nominated for the Republican ticket, Weekend Edition Sunday Popular Culture Commentator Steven Stark discusses the history of family dynasties in American politics.

Weekend Edition's resident satirists, The Montana Logging and Ballet Company, offer a few "lessons" we can learn from Big Business.

NPR's Rob Gifford takes a visit to a summer camp for overweight children in Shanghai China. The opening of American fast-food restaurants, and only children who are spoiled with sugary treats, have resulted in an explosion of obese children.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Air France Concorde jet crash eyewitness Jaime Ritchie; British Airways pilot John Hutchinson on the Concorde; President Bill Clinton after the conclusion of the Camp David summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat; Tiger Woods, upon winning the British Open, his fourth Grand Slam championship; Cary Sherman, senior general counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America on the music-swapping website Napster; Napster's attorney David Boies; Governor George W. Bush of Texas announcing his selection of former Defense Secretary Richard Cheney as his running mate.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on angry Palestinian reaction to President Clinton's suggestion that the United States might move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jersualem.

The Republican platform committee has crafted an agenda that preserves some existing conservative planks while also adopting positions to fit the campaign agenda of presumptive party nominee Texas Governor George W. Bush.