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The government puts the nation on heightened alert for the possibility of terrorism. The Bush administration raises the alert one notch to code orange, signaling a "high risk" of attack, based on communications chatter possibly linked to al Qaeda terrorists. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Eager to promote its image as a tourist paradise, the "land of smiles." Thailand has had lax visa requirements, porous borders and an anything-goes attitude in the capital Bangkok. In the final installment of a Morning Edition series on terrorism in Southeast Asia, NPR's Eric Weiner reports these conveniences threaten to turn Thailand into an unwitting terrorist safe haven.

Seven Nations is a rock band with an unusual pedigree: based in Florida, schooled in traditional Celtic music traditions, but with amps that go to 11. The five members of the band recently joined NPR's Liane Hansen in Studio 4A for a performance chat -- watch a video of the group performing their song "Twelve."

In the second part of our series, "From Rubies to Blossoms: A Portrait of American Girlhood," we profile two organizations that have been recognized nationally and locally for their efforts. Blossoms works with young girls at risk of violence and gang activity and Council for Unity is designed to reduce violence in schools by emphasizing conflict resolution, and gang prevention.

NPR's Eric Westervelt sails into home port with the crew of the U.S.S Enterprise, as the country's largest aircraft carrier returns from launching attacks on Afghanistan.

Writer Steve Erickson assembled a list of the top 100 songs recorded in Los Angeles. He chats with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday.

Liane Hansen speaks with composer John Morton, whose new CD, Outlier features new music for music boxes (on Innova Recordings, available at www.innovarecordings.com). Morton has modified the mechanisms and run the sound through electronic processing, and works with other musicians who play traditional instruments on the CD. John Morton demonstrates his boxes for us in NPR's Studio 4A.

In theory, a beer poured at nearly 12,000 feet above sea level would have quite a head on it -- far more foam than at sea level. Intrepid NPR science reporter Joe Palca offers a Morning Edition report on the results of an experiment that began in the Andes Mountains and concluded in Washington, D.C.

Tony Kushner's new play, Homebody/Kabul, couldn't be more timely -- a drama about the clash of East and West, set in London and Kabul, the Afghan capital. Yet it was four years in the making, finished last winter, and wasn't modified after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. All Things Considered co-host Noah Adams talks with Kushner about his new theatrical vision.

Did the great masters use optics to help them create artworks long before photography came around? David Hockney thinks so, and he tells Liane Hansen why on Weekend Edition Sunday. Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters (Viking Studio; ISBN: 0670030260).