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Indiana University head basketball coach Tom Crean spoke with Weekend All Things Considered host Andrea Seabrook on the court of Assembly Hall as his staff prepared for the Hoosier Hysteria rally.

Business and political leaders have repeatedly warned that America's scientists and engineers are in short supply. However, some economists say the numbers indicate the opposite — a glut of high-tech workers. A panel of experts debate whether America's schools produce the scientific workforce needed to compete globally.

Liane talks with Mark Stewart, a manger and toll booth attendant with the New York State Thruway, about the traffic situation in upstate New York this holiday weekend. He says this year's travel volume is about normal for the season and that the verbal message signs posted along the thruway seem to be helping travelers better plan their trips.

By Megan V. Williamshttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/whqr/local-whqr-661687.mp3Wilmington, NC – As families around the region gather…

TV critic David Bianculli reviews two new recent DVD releases of children's TV shows from the 1980s: Pee-Wee's Playhouse and Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre.

The most anticipated musical of the season, The Seussical, arrived on Broadway preceded by a flurry of bad buzz that first appeared on the Internet. The buzz started to hum during the show's Boston tryouts. It used to be that out-of-town tryouts were a safe way to work out the kinks in a show. But the Internet has changed that. From New York, Jeff Lunden reports.

Karen Schaefer of member station WCPN (Cleveland) reports from Sandusky, Ohio that this summer many seasonal jobs in the nation's resorts and tourist attractions are being filled, not by U.S. students, but by students from other countries.

The Cutty Sark, the historic British ship that once represented the peak of development of sailing cargo vessels, has been badly damaged by fire in London. Police are investigating reports that the fire might have been an act of arson.

The county has hired a group called Common Ground to determine which homeless people are the worst off. Those people will be offered a free place to live. A similar strategy helped decrease homelessness by 87 percent in New York's Times Square, according to the nonprofit.

This campaign season we're broadcasting excerpts of the stump speeches of presidential candidates. Last week, Vice President Al Gore was campaigning in St. Petersburg, Florida. He outlined his plan for Medicare -- including proposals for prescription drug benefits for senior citizens, coverage for early screening tests without co-payments, and allowing people to buy into Medicare.