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Tina Fey, the first female head writer of Saturday Night Live, talks about her status as a ground breaker and role model.

The four-man Parisian pop band Phoenix mixes '80s rock influences, '70s disco grooves and an appealing French accent to create likeable, danceable songs. The group just released its third album, the immensely appealing It's Never Been Like That.

At the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado, we hear pieces performed by three remarkable young musicians: 13-year-old Caroline Goulding, 12-year-old Conrad Tao and 13-year-old Peng Peng Gong.

The latest U.S. Census data shows that growing numbers of African Americans are moving back to the U.S. South, while Latinos are spreading to all corners of the United States. What are the impacts of these demographic changes?

In an NPR special on African-American voters in the 2004 election, Ed Gordon and guests consider whether the presidential candidates are addressing the concerns of African-American voters.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Kate Davis from Bellingham, Wash. She listens on NPR station KPLU in Seattle.)

The sound of the Philly rock band The Brakes incorporates an appealing assortment of American music styles, from folk to jazz to post-rock. Hear The Brakes, recorded live in concert from WXPN and Wiggins Park in Philadelphia on July 11, 2008.

Eilen Jewell is a 27-year-old Boston-based musician known for her classic country and folk style, her emotional singing and her dramatic uses of silence. Her latest album is saturated with sorrow. Hear an interview and performance from WXPN.

In Shakespeare's Songbook, a book and CD collection, author and musician Ross Duffin presents a collection of 160 songs from the comedies and tragedies of the great playwright.

A bored accountant finds excitement when an acquaintance's cell phone offers entree to an exclusive sex club. A promisingly mysterious beginning gives way to an increasingly preposterous plot.

The tenor saxophonist and flutist blends dazzling proficiency with the divine.

A man is on trial for raping a 12-year-old girl in Goldsboro in 1987. William Neal lived around the corner from the girl at that time. The victim…

Guess which pieces of celebrity memorabilia are real and which are fake.

A 16-year-old is the latest person to be charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman in east Charlotte on April 3. According to CMPD, Ziaya…

A federal jury has found a former North Carolina minister guilty of failing to pay taxes and assisting in the filing of false tax returns.The U.S.…

The Republican candidate in the nation's last undecided congressional election says he's in the hospital recovering from infections attacking his internal…

Police in Charlotte have charged a 20-year-old woman with the murder of her infant daughter.Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers responded to a call for…

CMPD has charged Davenon Alexander Farmer, 39, in the murder of a man in northwest Charlotte.Police said officers responded to a call of assault with a…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20080818a.mp3Easley says no to larger boats on roads By Julie Rose Governor Easley has capsized an attempt by state lawmakers to…

In a 1980 session, the pianist and vocalist joined Marian McPartland for a set of standards.