Weekend America

Taking the Foreclosure Bus Tour

The U.S. housing market continues its downward slide and more and more homes are going into foreclosure. But realtors are fighting back by arranging weekend bus tours of foreclosed homes to try to reach out to potential buyers. Mhari Saito goes along for the ride in a Cleveland suburb.

Foreclosure Behind Las Vegas Gates

In Las Vegas, booming home construction, unscrupulous lending and lots of housing speculation by first-time investors has resulted in some of the nation's highest foreclosure rates. Even high-end gated communities in the suburbs have felt the sting of the market downturn.

Carolyn Wonderland: A True Texas Guitar Hero(ine) Gets Her SXSW Due

If there's any center to the South By Southwest musical storm, it's the legendary club Antone's in downtown Austin, Texas -- a stage made famous by guitar giant Stevie Ray Vaughn. Local favorite Carolyn Wonderland takes that same stage to cap the SXSW festival, and maybe add to her own growing reputation as a blues player worthy of Vaughn's legacy.

40 And Extra, Extra Long

Tiki the Giraffe lives at the Oakland Zoo and she's cold. If you've ever tried to put a blanket on a giraffe, you know how hard it is to keep it on. So the zoo hired a tailor to make a special winter coat for a very tall client. Krissy Clark reports.

Back Home: Reflections on Iraq

From December 2003 to October 2004, Sandi Austin, Dylan Tete and Brian Turner completed a tour of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Army. Now they reflect on their very first and very last days on the ground in combat zones.

From Golf Hustler to PGA Pro

Al Duhon started out as a golf hustler in South Los Angeles and was making money playing golf before the first black player broke the PGA race barrier. At 83, he still teaches kids about the game that has him hooked.

The Godfather of Soul Saves Boston

Rioting erupted in more than 100 U.S. cities following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. But many say Boston was spared the violence in part by a live TV broadcast of James Brown at the Boston Gardens.

Weekend Pass

Liberty Ashore in Dubai

Thousands of U.S. military personnel take a break from duty in the Middle East in the clubs and shopping malls of Dubai. It's a port-of-call with some of the comforts of home -- including alcohol -- but soldiers, sailors and Marines are encouraged to enjoy "liberty with a purpose."

Weekend Soundtrack

"Oklahoma!" and Mr. Clean

When Maureen McNulty Saxton of Holt, Mich., hears "Oklahoma!" she knows it's the weekend.

"Be Prepared" as a Call to Arms

All summer long we're commemorating, re-creating, or otherwise bringing to you odes to the longest, best weekend of all -- the summer vacation. We start the series with the story of how the Boy Scout motto helped Jonathan Goldstein indulge his daughter's outdoor yearnings.

Moving My Emotional Baggage

Weekend America Sr. Reporter John Moe recently moved from Seattle to St. Paul, Minn. -- and that meant going through everything he owned and deciding what to keep and what to throw out. This is the first in a series of stories called Moving Day, all about the sometimes thorny, sometimes emotional issues that go along with making a big move.