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NPR's senior news analyst Daniel Schorr review the news of the week.

Scott speaks with Mike Bailey, the head alligator handler at the Seminole Okalee Indian Village in Hollywood, Florida, about the tribe's search for new alligator wrestlers to carry on the Seminole tradition.

Scott speaks with Keith Devlin, the "Math Guy," dean of science at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California, about math capabilities. What makes Johnny add, subtract and do advanced calculus? Devlin says it's in the genes. (9:00) Keith Devlin's new book is titled The Math Gene. (Basic

Republican candidate George W. Bush made good today on a promise to move his campaign closer to the voters. Although the themes were the same he has been stressing for months, Bush was careful to be seen delivering them at eye level. But there's still no news on negotiations for the candidate debates. Steve Inskeep reports for NPR News.

Martin Kaste reports from Brazil that South American politicians are talking more and more these days about economic integration. At a recent summit, Latin American presidents pledged to work for creation of a continent-wide free-trade zone by the year 2002. Analysts say the drive toward integration is spurred, in part, by the growing US involvement in the drug war in Colombia. Many Brazilian politicians, in particular, say the new billion-dollar US aid package to Colombia smacks of imperialism, and they want to counter the US presence by banding together.

A Columbus, Ohio band called Evolution Control Committee is in a legal battle with CBS, Inc. because of the group's single now on the web called Rocked By Rape which slices and splices Dan Rather's words to heavy metal music.

Linda talks with Andy Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about the polls indicating the standings in the Presidential race, and how the gender gap is playing a part in the race this year.

Authorities conducting a drug raid in Colombia, outside Bogota, found drug runners were constructing a submarine large enough to smuggle 200 tons of cocaine. Linda talks with Ruth Morris, who covered the story for the Los Angeles Times.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator on Rapoport about the impact of minority athletes Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Tiger Woods.

Turkey has been waging its own war against the religious right for years, and now the long-running political battle is heating up again. But some Turkish politicians fear harsh moves against Islamist leaders now could jeopardize the country's bid to join the European Union. Chris Morris reports from Ankara.