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In just five days, Israel has nearly cleared Gaza of all Jewish settlers. The process has sometimes been traumatic; scenes of violence Thursday in one settlement, Kfar Darom, have disturbed many in Israel.

The singer-songwriter's latest project is Front Parlour Ballads, a mostly acoustic work. Thompson tells John Ydstie about songs build around bikers, schoolyard bullies, dreamers, lovers and losers.

Wiffle ball began as a sport for kids, but in the past few years it's grown up. Adults put on uniforms and stage a national tournament. But in Milesburg, Pa., wiffle ball has been in style for decades, and they play by their own rules.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Mary Alice Kohs from New York City. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WNYC and WSHU in New York.)

Pharmaceutical company Merck will appeal Friday's $253-million jury award in the death of a man who had taken the painkiller Vioxx. But thousands of cases await the company in state and federal court.

In the second of two commentaries about Cindy Sheehan, commentator Desiree Cooper says that Sheehan has focused new attention on the Iraq war. Americans are paying attention to it in a way they have not since the election. Cooper says we should be ashamed that it takes a woman who has lost her son and is willing to camp out in front of President Bush's ranch in order to focus attention on the war.

Mandolin player David Grisman pays tribute to fiddle great Vassar Clements, who died this week at 77. Grisman says Clements was a Nashville virtuoso and "one of the architects of bluegrass."

Faced with a catastrophic situation on the Gulf Coast, President Bush is bringing back the team of former presidents who spearheaded fundraising for tsunami victims last winter. The first President Bush and former President Bill Clinton met with the current chief executive in the Oval Office this afternoon.

One of the founding members of the kung-fu-meets-hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan, The RZA also has written film scores, including those for Kill Bill and Ghost Dog, and a book called The Wu Tang Manual. (This interview originally aired March 7, 2005.)

Writer and producer Chappy Hardy is on a mission to eat his way across the southern United States, measuring the places he dines by delectability and cost-per-bite. He speaks with Scott Simon from Lil' Dizzy's, a restaurant outside the French Quarter in New Orleans.