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A series of questionable shootings and a corruption scandal are bringing Miami police criticism from the city's black and Cuban-American communities. Law enforcement officials face federal probes and new scrutiny by citizen panels. Phillip Davis reports.

Ugandan Aids activist Noerine Kaleeba. She works with UNAids, a United Nations organization in Geneva. Shes also on the Ugandan committee on Aids, and founded The Aids Support Organization in Uganda. Kaleeba lost her husband to the disease; four of her siblings are HIV positive as are a number of their children. Kaleeba is also author of the book, We Miss You All: Noerine Kaleeba - Aids in the Family (Women & Aids Support Network).

A man lays plans to build the world's largest ocean-going vessel. Weekend Edition Saturday's Scott Simon talks to Norman Nixon, who plans to create a ship that's one mile long and 25 stories high. (4:30)

Actress, writer, comic Ellen Degeneres is soon to begin a stand-up tour. Her five-year sitcom Ellen won an Emmy for her much-anticipated coming-out episode. At the same time Degeneres' character realized she was gay, the entertainer revealed her own sexual orientation. Degeneres talks about coming out, her former relationship with actress Anne Heche, and why she resists becoming a lesbian role model. Degeneres is the author of the book, My Point... And I Do Have One.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Shawn Brown from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WDUQ at Duquenes University in Pittsburgh.)

It's lavender-bluish in color, and given just the right amount of shade, it will climb six to ten feet high. Meet 'Frankie', the latest addition to Ketzel Levine's garden, and listen as Ketzel shows host Scott Simon how to plant clematis vines.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on Sec. of State Colin Powell's talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders today.

Language expert Richard Lederer joins host Korva Coleman for the latest installment of Language Pet Peeves. This week, we lament the death of the adverb and the excessive use of apostrophes "at this point in time."

Fossil hunters have found the earliest known common ancestor of a group of mammals that includes humans. About 125 million years ago, the chipmunk-like Eomaia scampered around bushes, eating insects and dodging dinosaurs. NPR's Richard Harris reports for All Things Considered.

French film director Laurent Cantet. He's made two feature films, both of which focus on the world of work, and the toll that work can take on our lives. His first film, made in 1999, was Human Resources. His newest film Time Out is about a middle-aged, mid-level executive who loses his job, but doesnt tell his family. The film has just been released here and has received critical acclaim.