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Weekend Edition host Scott Simon talks with Eliot Higgins, known as the Brown Moses blogger, about the range of arms used by Syrian rebels. Brown Moses is considered an authoritative source on arms used in the Syrian conflict.

Taxidermists, muralists and a crew of others have spent years sprucing up the Hall of North American Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. On Saturday, the hall reopens to the public. Weekend Edition host Scott Simon talks with curator Ross MacPhee about the project.

It was a big week for Microsoft. The company introduced its new operating system — Windows 8 — and stepped into the ever-expanding tablet market. These are major steps for a company that has been perceived as lagging behind Apple and Google in innovation. For more, Weekend Edition host Scott Simon is joined by NPR's Steve Henn.

Carl reads three news-related limericks: A Fish Story, Boldly Going Out, and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.

After three successive "wave" elections in the House, it looks like there will be little net change in 2012. And that means the Republicans are favored to retain the majority they won two years ago.

Although the situation has improved since four years ago, the man in the Oval Office next year will still have to deal with a sluggish U.S. economy as well as confronting some urgent policy decisions.

Bao Tong was once a senior figure in the Communist Party. He was ousted and jailed for seven years after the Tiananmen Square events of 1989 and is still followed everywhere by security officers. But he doesn't hesitate to speak his mind, and is a scathing critic of the country's current leaders.

Novelist Matthew Quick finds the funny side of a mental patient's recovery, while Anthony Horowitz reimagines Sherlock Holmes. In nonfiction, comedian Darrell Hammond recounts his traumatic childhood, Regis Philbin tracks his rise to TV greatness, and MTV gets its own history book.

Hurricanes often weaken as they travel north across colder water and approach land. But Sandy hasn't.

The Swedish singer's latest album, Pale Fire, is a weighty collection of moody meditations on politics, foreign affairs and other deep thoughts. Hear the latest single from the record, which is due out Nov. 16.