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More than 40 years after forming, the British post-punk pioneers finally visited the Tiny Desk.

Lena Porell plays with puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has released a list of 39 schools that lack outside airflow, which is creating concerns about COVID-19 safety for adults and…

Producers and theater owners say Broadway will stay dark until at least June 7, dealing a further blow to New York's biggest tourist attraction.

The bubbly daytime talk show with a "be kind" ethos faces accusations of toxic workplace behavior off set, including firings of staff who took medical or bereavement leave as well as racist comments.

http://66.225.205.104/JR20120217.mp3 A Mexican retail and financial services giant says it will purchase Spartanburg-based Advance America in a deal…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20120217.mp3 A Mexican retail and financial services giant says it will purchase Spartanburg-based Advance America in a deal…

It's not easy to find video of the London 2012 Olympics on the Internet — even on YouTube. And that's inspiring people to "interpret" the Summer Games for themselves. You can find puppet shows, 8-bit video, and Taiwanese animation, all related to the Olympics... or, at least sort of related.

http://66.225.205.104/jr20091102.mp3Even in a city known for banking, "CIT Group" is not a familiar name to many. So the news that CIT is filing for…

Every answer is the name of a TV show past or present. Each can be found in consecutive letters in the sentences read. Name the TV shows. For example, in the sentence "We watched the acrobat many times," the hidden TV show is BATMAN. Hint: Each answer has at least six letters.

And now an update on a story we first brought you back in 2009... We told you about former Charlotte Observer reporter and current WFAE announcer David…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20101115.mp3Fortune 500 company SPX has decided to stay in Charlotte, build a new global headquarters and transfer up to 180…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20100128.mp3Monsanto announced today it is moving into the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. WFAE's Julie Rose…

Melissa Block looks ahead to the week's tech news with Steve Henn. They cover electric cars and a riot at the Foxconn factory in China.

http://66.225.205.104/SO20090806.mp3Coal-power plant protestors welcomed US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu with open arms during his visit to…

Moogfest, the festival of electronic and visionary music, takes place on Saturday and Sunday in Asheville, N.C., the city music pioneer Bob Moog called home. Moog was the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. He died in August 2005. Fresh Air listens to an interview from February 2000.

The new $77 million engineering and energy building on UNC Charlotte’s campus hasn’t even had a formal grand opening ceremony, and already it’s fueling…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20110314.mp3The state agency that runs the Reed Gold Mine in Cabarrus County wants lawmakers to let the site keep more of the…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20100202.mp3The controversy over Mecklenburg County Alcoholic Beverage Control commissioners being wined and dined by a major…

The U.N. says family planning could save $11.3 billion dollars in health care costs for women and newborns each year.