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Helen Stickler's new documentary, Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator, tells the story of former skateboarding star Mark "Gator" Rogowski. Rogowski is now serving 31 years in prison for the rape and murder of a former girlfriend. Ken Park, a former skateboarder and friend of Rogowski, is interviewed in the film. Park is now the president and CEO of John Galt Media. Stickler is an Emmy-nominated writer, producer and director of documentary films and commercials.

Alfred Matthew Yankovic is the king of pop parody. You know him better as "Weird Al." NPR's Steve Inskeep caught up with the 43-year-old funny man on tour to promote his latest CD, Poodle Hat.

Around the world this week, digital worms have been invading computers at hundreds of thousands of offices and homes. NPR's Chris Arnold reports on the latest attack of computer worms. Get tips on how to protect your computer.

Two more U.S. soldiers are killed in Iraq -- one in an area controlled by Shiites that has until now been relatively calm. And an American special operations soldier dies after a "hostile fire" incident in Afghanistan. A U.S. plea for military help from U.N. allies to restore order in Iraq is not gaining much support. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

In part eight of the series Honky Tonks, Hymns, and the Blues, NPR's Paul Brown explains the way the accordion came to the American southwest in the hands of German immigrants and caught the ears of local Tex Mex musicians.

At a time when many baseball clubs are looking forward to the playoffs, one team in New York is looking back -- way back -- to 1864. They've organized a league that plays by baseball's first written set of rules. No gloves, underhand pitches. Everything but the handle-bar mustaches. Lars Hoel profiles the New York Gotham vintage base ball team.

Grandaddy is a band from a farming community in Modesto, Calif. It seems an unlikely place for a pop band with electric guitars and gurgling synthesizers to emerge. But they have. They imagined a wonderful futuristic sound that has captured the ears of listeners in London. Mikel Jolet reviews their new CD Sumday.

A car bomb explodes at the headquarters of the U.S.-trained police force in Baghdad, killing one person. The attack comes as mourners in Najaf bury Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, the Shiite cleric killed in last week's mosque bombing. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson and NPR's Emily Harris.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Extended Play -- Live at Birdland, a new, live double album from the Dave Holland Quintet.

In an effort to attract more foreign contributions, the Bush administration circulates a draft resolution within the U.N. Security Council that authorizes the creation of a multinational force in Iraq under U.S. command. The cost of the U.S. operation in Iraq continues to mount, and reports suggest the White House will ask Congress for about $60 billion in aid. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara.