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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 Marc Kelly from Oakland, Ca. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KQED in Oakland.

The new film Kitchen Stories opens in New York and Los Angeles theaters Friday. It's a Swedish-language film, but critics say its comic look at a Swedish study on kitchen efficiency will translate into any language. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Maj. Blain Reeves of the 101st Airborne Division, who was executive officer in charge of 700 troops in Iraq. Three soldiers from his unit were killed in one of the first ambushes by insurgents after the occupation began. He arrived back from Iraq on February 14 and is based at Ft. Campbell, Ky.

Gay couples are lined up outside the county building in Portland, Ore., waiting to be married. The county's commissioners approved issuing gay marriage licenses on Tuesday -- though not unanimously. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Multnomah Commissioners Lonnie Roberts and Serena Cruz.

In Michigan, election administrators are preparing for the possibility of new poll workers who believe President Trump's lies about a stolen election.

A Japanese chemist identified umami in the early 1900s, but it took a century for his work to be translated into English. NPR's Short Wave podcast looked into why it took so long to be recognized.

Corrections officer Vicky White told jail staff she was transporting inmate Casey White (no relation) to a mental health evaluation before the two went missing.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Jacky Hunt-Broersma, an amputee ultra-marathoner who just broke a record for running 104 marathons in 104 days.

An international panel says the United States should take further steps to protect consumers from mad cow disease. The panel, convened by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, recommends increased testing of cattle in addition to placing stricter limits on components of feed for cattle and other livestock. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.

The war in Ukraine has exacerbated inflation in the Middle East, where countries rely on Russia and Ukraine for imported wheat.