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Jennifer Snyder plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a two-week challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Dr. Laurie Abbott from Las Cruces, N.M. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KRWG in Las Cruces.)

Michele Norris says she's had enough of chatty dolls, singing globes and anything else with a talking microchip. All those annoying playthings make her wonder: Why are toys so loud?

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono meets with President Bush this week. As the two leaders discuss economic reform and human rights in Indonesia, efforts to rebuild areas devastated by a tsunami at the end of 2004 continue.

Sarah Jarosz, 18, emerged on the bluegrass scene as a prodigal mandolinist, banjo player and guitarist — and recently, a singer-songwriter. In between math classes, she's managed to cut her debut album, Song Up In Her Head.

NPR's Sarah McCammon plays the puzzle with winner Benjamin Mousseau from Bellevue, Washington, with puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

We talk with experts about the state of civic education — and bring you a 101 lesson about the tenets of civic life.

Most people turn to Wikipedia to learn, well, just about everything. This Michigander is using social media to highlight the weird and the wacky that can be found on the site.

For 100 days in 1994, Rwanda experienced one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. More than 800,000 Tutsis were killed, primarily by their neighbors. NPR's Jason Beaubien.

The year in television started with a bust — or to be more precise, a writer's strike — but Fresh Air's TV critic says there were plenty of TiVo-worthy programs in 2008. Prominent among them: AMC's Mad Men.