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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle with WCVE listener Gene Wolski of Henrico, Va.

In this installment of Heavy Rotation, we partner with KCRW to bring you an exclusive download from Laura Mvula's Morning Becomes Eclectic session, as well as music from the post-punk band Savages, Portland songwriter Nick Jaina, Baltimore rapper Ellis and funk guitarist Shuggie Otis.

Two finalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Jairam Hathwar and Nihar Janga, battled for 25 rounds to a stalemate. The co-champions talk about their winning strategies.

Old wives' tales have transformed themselves into Internet rumors, pranks and myths. Reporter Doug Fine talks to David Mikkelson, the co-founder of Snopes.com, a Web site dedicated to busting urban legends.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Clea DuVall, writer and director of the holiday movie.

Host Bob Edwards talks with film-maker Vince Dipersio about his latest project, Hate-dot-com. The documentary examines how hate groups use the Internet to spread their ideology and recruit new members.

Five years ago, violinist Robert McDuffie found his true love: a 1735 Guarneri del Gesy violin known as The Ladenburg, whose list of players included 19th-century virtuoso Nicolr Paganini. McDuffie says it was the violin he always longed to play. The only problem - how to pay for it. McDuffie tells Liane how he set up a limited partnership to meet the steep pricetag. (9:00) (NOTE: We hear music from McDuffie's latest recording, the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Miklos Rozsa, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yoel Levi. Telarc CD-80518).

Toy company Hasbro has released dozens of versions of Monopoly. There are the Stars Wars, NFL and Nascar versions, to name a few. Last week, Hasbro released the latest edition, focusing on Internet-related businesses and the so-called "new" economy. Commentator Bob Parks, Senior Editor at Wired magazine, has played the game and has a review.

Gov. Polis unveiled ColoradoRiver.com, a new hub for river data, maps, and policy updates, at the Colorado Water Congress in Steamboat Springs.

This week's two-hour mix from KCRW's Jason Bentley includes new music from Jacques Greene, a London Grammar remix by Sasha, and the latest from Factory Floor.