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Weekend Edition essayist Bonny Wolf rejoices in a sign of spring that not all of us have had the pleasure of experiencing: the running of the shad, and the delicacy of shad roe. She includes a recipe.

Iraqi negotiators work toward signing a revised interim constitution, with hopes of a ceremony Monday. Last week, just as the constitution was about to be signed, a number of Shiites on Iraq's Governing Council objected to some of the language in the document. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and NPR's Ivan Watson.

The latest Pew Research Center poll, "A Year After the Iraq War," finds rising levels of mistrust and discontent with the United States and its policies. Those negative findings were prevalent in both Europe and the Arab world. The poll, conducted in Britain, France, Germany and Russia, also included Pakistan, Morocco, Jordan and Turkey. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Pew director Andrew Kohut.

Harrison is the widow of George Harrison, the former Beatle. The two were married for 24 years. Harrison died in December 2001. Before his death, he began working on his Dark Horse catalogue (1976-1992), his entire body of work, plus unreleased demos. The box set (on Capitol Records) includes six albums as well as a DVD of seven restored music videos. Just this week Harrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Note: Audio for this feature is not available due to Internet rights issues.

Relatives of victims who died in the attack on the World Trade Center don't like the fact that President Bush is using images from "Ground Zero" in his campaign ads, and are calling on the president to pull the commercials from the air. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

Spanish police detain an Algerian in connection with last week's deadly terrorist bombings in Madrid. Police believe they have identified five Moroccans who took part in the attacks, but say other foreigners may have been involved. Officials are still investigating a possible link to al Qaeda. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and professor Jessica Stern.

An explosion in the heart of Baghdad kills at least 25 people and leaves nearly 50 others wounded. The blast, which investigators say was the result of a 1,000-pound car bomb, left a huge crater outside the Mount Lebanon hotel, which was nearly destroyed by the blast. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The prices of cooking oil are rising. Why that could put global security at risk.

A small Ukrainian town near the Russian border was the first to be liberated after a four-week Russian occupation.

Few thought the city would need to use the pumps so soon.