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New Orleans is an iconic American city, from the French Quarter to Lake Pontchartrain. It has seen war, fire and flood, and it has always been rebuilt.

The Houston-born pianist studied classical piano and was accepted into a select group at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance. To preview her concert on JazzSet, here's a performance of "Shall We Tango," recorded live.

http://66.225.205.104/JR20101221a.mp3Duke Energy's customers will not be asked to cover the cost of a multi-million dollar severance package given to one…

http://66.225.205.104/LM20110919.mp3Last month the shareholders of Duke and Progress Energy approved the merger. But the North Carolina Utilities…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20101221a.mp3Duke Energy's customers will not be asked to cover the cost of a multi-million dollar severance package given to one…

http://66.225.205.104/LM20100407.mp3Charlotte-Mecklenburg Libraries began operating this week on reduced hours to make up for lost county money. Last…

The driver of a CMS school bus that crashed into a condominium Thursday morning in north Charlotte has been cited by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police…

Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing in Huntersville survived several crashes late in the race to win yesterday's NASCAR Daytona 500 in Florida. One of those…

A 17-year-old turned himself in Friday morning in the shooting of three teenagers. Anthony Williams is charged with three counts of assault with a deadly…

In softcover nonfiction, William Knoedelseder looks at the family behind Budweiser, Charles Duhigg delves into the science of habit, Fred Kaplan explores an Army revolution, and Whole Foods' founder argues for businesses pursuing a higher purpose. In fiction, George Saunders delivers a collection of fantastical stories.

Jury deliberations will go a third day in the rape trial of Kevin Olsen.Before deliberations began this morning, Superior Court Judge Karen Eady-Williams…

Classical music fans lost far too many musicians in 2012. From towering figures like Elliott Carter and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to artists such as innovative American composer William Duckworth, trumpeter Maurice André and the elegant opera singer Lisa Della Casa.

Pretty much the first thing that New York's Cardinal Egan shared about the new pointiff, the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires? That he loves opera.

http://66.225.205.104/LM20110919.mp3Last month the shareholders of Duke and Progress Energy approved the merger. But the North Carolina Utilities…

Parts of the 47,000-mile network – designed to ease crowded, crumbling roads in post-war America – are now overcrowded and under maintained.

The series includes violent scenes that have no shortage of blood and gore for viewers, but how far is too far?

Former Mecklenburg Commissioner Darrel Williams will chair a new organization created to convince voters to support a quarter-cent sales tax for the…

The pope has made the lives of Catholics seeking divorce much easier by reforming the marriage annulment process.

The Canadian singer-songwriter makes her second appearance on Mountain Stage, performing songs from her most recent album. Her set includes a song that wasn't heard during the radio broadcast.

Linda talks with Holland Goss, the assistant research coordinator for exhibitions at the New York Public Library, about the Tyndale Bible. The Bible is on display currently at the New York Public Library. The Tyndale translation is significant because it rendered the Scriptures in English, from the Greek and Hebrew versions of the New Testament. Published in 1526, it has a tradition as an extremely literary representation of the Bible... many of the most famous passages in the later King James Version of the Bible originated with William Tyndale. Tyndale was burned at the stake for issuing this English translation of the Gospels... he thought that the scriptures should be accessible to everyone, not just priests..but church leadership begged to differ.