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Scott Simon speaks to Yemen analyst Nadwa Al-Dawsari about the Yemeni president's transfer of power and its significance.

The Israeli army faces little resistance as it dismantles 10 uninhabited settlement outposts on the West Bank under the terms of the U.S.-backed "road map" to Mideast peace. But Jewish settlers vow to block the destruction of any populated outposts. Israeli officials say they will "proceed with the plan" and ignore the protests. Hear NPR's Linda Gradstein.

Commentator and cowboy poet Baxter Black has a poem on the struggle between a cowboy and a horse.

Alan Cheuse reviews Shadow Without a Name, by Ignacio Padilla, who is the cultural attache at the Mexican Embassy in London. Padilla tells a story of historical intrigue in 20th-century Europe over the time of the two world wars.

Recent surveys show that many high school students don't understand the basics about money and the economy. It's estimated that fewer than a quarter of school-age children receive any financial education classes. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

He starred on Broadway in M Butterfly, and in the TV series Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz. He's the author of the new book Following Foo (the electronic adventures of the Chestnut Man). It's about the premature birth of his twin sons in August 2000. The twins suffered a rare medical disorder. One of them died shortly after birth, and the other twin, Jackson Foo, was in neonatal intensive care for three months. At the time Wong began an e-mail correspondence with family and friends on Jackson Foo's progress.

At the first meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, scientists express frustration over restrictions the Bush administration has placed on the research. The strict limits have significantly slowed progress, they say. Hear NPR's Joe Palca.

Commentator Frank Deford says the culture of college athletics is dominated by football and the money it attracts. But he says the days of a "Football University" may be waning.

To mark the 100th anniversary of composer Aram Khachaturian's birth, NPR's Tom Huizenga profiles the man behind "Sabre Dance".

Alan Cheuse reviews The Other Side of Silence, by South African writer Andre Brink. Brink tells the story of a poor, young German woman who emigrates to a German colony in southwest Africa just before World War I, where she faces hardship and brutality.