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A crew of Icelanders sail across the ocean from their home to America 1,000 years after their Viking ancestors made the same voyage. Their vessel, the Icelander, is a replica Viking warship built to an ancient design by the ship's captain.

This year's Presidential Primaries attracted the second-lowest voter turnout since 1960. Guy Raz reports on an across-the-board decline in voter participation.

Jacki talks to law professor Jonathan Turley about the decision yesterday that prevented Wen Ho Lee from being released on bail. Lee has been charged with mishandling information and has spent the last several months in solitary confinement without bail. Turley says that despite yesterday's decision, the government's case is looking increasingly shaky.

Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition Saturday's ambassador to the world of childrens' literature, about a new book called Basho and the Fox.

Colin Fogarty of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on the bad reputation that the Immigration and Naturalization Service has in Portland. Tensions boiled over last month when the agency jailed and strip-searched an innocent Chinese woman.

Labor Day kicks off the traditional high season for campaigning. The race is neck and neck with perhaps a slight edge for Gore. Anthony Brooks reports on the candidates and their positioning.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Nikki Kinghorn from Oakland, California. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KQED in San Francisco.)

A Korean American man faces deportation because his adoption in the 1980s was never finalized. Blue Bayou may be heavy handed, but it tells a fundamental truth about our flawed immigration system.

His Grandmother took to Facebook hoping to find it. The BBC reports that strangers started mailing the boy postcards on Peter Rabbit's behalf. A card from Japan said Peter enjoyed the Olympics.

NPR's Rebecca Perl marks the 10th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by examining the impact the law has had on Pat Broderick, a resident of Washington D.C. Broderick lost the use of her legs in a car accident. She is now a judge in the District of Columbia and says the ADA has helped her do things many Americans take for granted. The ADA prohibits discrimination against people with physical or mental disabilities.