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Artist Steve Keene has produced more than 100,000 paintings, which he sells for a few dollars each. He talks with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday about why he considers his work a sport. Visit him online at http://www.stevekeene.com.

Robert talks with Raymond Merritt and Miles Barth, two dog lovers. Together the men have collected hundreds of pictures featuring dogs with masters, at work and at war. The book is called A Thousand Hounds: The presence of the Dog in the History of Photography, 1839 to Today. The book is published by the German publishing house Taschen: http://www.taschen.com

Liane Hansen speaks with pianist Rachel Z, who performs the music of Wayne Shorter with her trio in NPR's Studio 4A. Her new cd, On the Milky Way Express is on Tone Center Records. (17:00)Find out more at Rachel Z's website: www.rachelz.com

Jennifer Niessen from member station KPLU in Seattle reports on a financial analyst from First Boston who posed as a temp to infiltrate on-line retailer Amazon.com. He succeeded in learning about the company's financial health, but his plan raises questions about professional ethics.

End-of-semester course evaluations are making their way to college offices across the country. At some schools, students can make their comments more public on pick-a-prof.com, an online forum for students to praise or complain about their professors. Anna Panoka of member station WUWM in Milwaukee reports.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports on Internet entrepreneur Edward Jackson, co-founder of an on-line business called Skillsvillage.com. Jackson talks about his current success as well as the lessons from his previous start-up attempts over the last five years.

The venerable Florida tourist attraction known as alligator wrestling is hemmed in these days by Super Bowls, casinos, Disney World, and declining interest among Seminole indians. From Hollywood, Florida, Pippin Ross reports. http://www.seminoletribe.com/enterprises/hollywood/okalee.shtml

Host Madeleine Brand talks with NPR's Rick Karr about an settlement between major record labels and the internet music company, MP3-dot-com. The record companies had sued over copyright infringement, but the agreement allows the internet firm to keep distributing music online.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a pair of ballot initiatives aimed at limiting the development of new office buildings in San Francisco. The measures were motivated by the expansion of many dot-com businesses into a neighborhood that has been home to low income Latinos and artists.

This past week, federal prosecutors indicted Joseph Massino, the alleged boss of New York's Bonnano crime family, on charges including racketeering and murder. Host Liane Hansen speaks with journalist Jerry Capeci, writer of the "Gang Land" column in The New York Sun. Visit Jerry Capeci's web site at http://www.ganglandnews.com.