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Danny examines the state of the Republican presidential nomination campaign, one day after Bob Dole won the South Carolina primary, with our panel of editorial page editors: Jane Eisner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bob Kittle of the San Diego Union-Tribune, and Billy Winn of the Columbus (Georgia) Ledger-Enquirer.

Joey Ramone, lead singer of the punk group the Ramones, died last week at age 49. Essayist Jane Krosby Braden remembers how her older sister introduced her to the music of the Ramones.

Scott talks to Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about Ang Lee's new movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The Taiwanese director describes the film as "Bruce Lee meets Jane Austen."

Liane checks in with journalists from a few of the key states in Tuesday's presidential election. We hear from Jane Healy, managing editor of the Orlando Sentinel; Jim Camden, senior political reporter for the Spokane Spokesman-Review; and Mitch McKenny, political editor of the Akron Beacon-Journal.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Jane Berne from Grand Forks, N.D. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KUND in Grand Forks.

In a play on signature top-hatted man on Johnnie Walker scotch bottles, the company introduced the Jane Walker Edition. It's the latest example of seemingly gender-neutral products marketed to women.

Gaines wrote of the struggles of African Americans in rural Louisiana before the civil rights era. He wrote The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men, and A Lesson Before Dying.

Ben Franklin is arguably the most famous American ever. His youngest sister Jane is mostly lost to history. But Harvard historian Jill Lepore tells her story in a new book.

A federal jury convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world.

Trump told CBS News that he would like to keep U.S. troops in Iraq to "watch Iran." The statement is causing a stir in Iraq, where roughly 6,000 Iraqi forces are stationed to help Iraq fight ISIS.