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It's never too early to think ahead, so here are some dates to keep in mind as you make plans for the millennium.

Ilyse Levine-Kanji of Westborough, Massachusetts plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and host Ayesha Rascoe.

A solar flare eruption from earlier this week is expected to reach Earth on Saturday and Sunday, creating the potential for the aurora borealis to be visible across large parts of the U.S.

There you are, steamed at paying $3 for a gallon of gasoline. So how does it feel to learn that some people are paying $2 dollars, or even a buck a gallon? That's because they bought from a Minnesota chain that allows customers to purchase gasoline at market prices, then stockpile for periods when gas is more expensive.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says the call last week by Rep.John Murtha (D-PA) for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq has changed the political landscape with regard to the war.

"Hasnaduro" provides a perfect get-on-the-dance-floor moment for every culture imaginable.

Alan Cheuse reviews the newest novel by the Nobel Prize-winning South African author J.M. Coetzee. Summertime is a pseudo-biographical novel based on interviews conducted by an imaginary biographer about the life of a writer named John Coetzee.

On this episode of All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson to talk about the year's biggest surprises, best new artists and more.

The roots-rock band's fifth album doesn't deviate wildly from Heartless Bastards' wheelhouse, but it does give Erika Wennerstrom and company more room to roam.

"Shift Operator" finds a few corners in which to experiment with Obits' garage-rock sound. But it's still a heavy and wired-out track, striking a close chord with acts of the "weird west" variety, like Josh Homme's Desert Sessions.