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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is David Shevin from Tiffin, Ohio. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WGTE in Toledo, Ohio.)

On Opening Day of the baseball season, Liane talks with Jim Morris, a Texas high school baseball coach whose kids made a deal with him in the spring of 1999: they'd pursue their dreams, if he did, too. The former minor league pitcher, who'd retired a decade earlier because of injuries, went out for a tryout camp -- and found himself throwing the ball faster than he ever had before. Before the year was out, he was pitching in the big leagues for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, as a 35 year old rookie. Liane talks with Jim Morris, who tells his remarkable story in a new book, The Oldest Rookie: Big League Dreams from a Small Town Guy. (9:50) (NOTE: The Oldest Rookie is published by Little, Brown).

Linda Wertheimer talks with Washington Post reporter Mary Pat Flaherty about a report indicating design flaws in the Osprey aircraft. Marine Corps pilots say that the flaws were known about before recent accidents but were ignored, because the corps wanted to win Pentagon funding for full production of the plane.

NPR's Kate Seeleye reports there are signs Syria may be backing away from its warming toward free speech and markets.

NPR's Jack Speer reports that when Boeing announced its decision to leave Seattle, it unveiled a list of three cities it is considering as a new headquarters. Chicago, Dallas and Denver made the list.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with Matthew Gross, president of Submedia, about new subway tunnel ads that will hang on the walls between Atlanta subway stations. As the trains pass through the tunnels, passengers will see a sort of "flip book" effect as they pass the signs.

Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick worked together on the series, a coming-of-age portrait of the athlete.

Steve Krueger of member station KPLU reports Seattle residents are still buzzing with talk about why Boeing is moving its corporate headquarters to another city.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports the U.S. State Department today sharply criticized Israel for its announcement of intention to issue building permits for 700 more housing units for Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

Senate Republican leaders spent the day seeking ways to bring two or three of their members back into the partisan fold on President Bush's budget and tax cut proposals. Yesterday, an amendment supported by Senate Democrats and a few Republicans reduced Mr. Bush's signature tax cut by nearly 30 percent. But a second threat to the budget is brewing in the spending increases embodied by more than 120 pending amendments. NPR's David Welna reports from the Capitol.

Astronaut Megan McArthur says she's had the best tacos yet. McArthur spiced her tacos with what she called "hatch chiles" — red and green peppers grown in space.

The Supreme Court hears a case that could decide whether people can carry concealed guns into airports, churches, schools, and shopping centers — without a special license.