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The World Cafe host's favorite albums from this year abide by his mantra: they put good songs first, and present them simply and authentically.

The All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk host shares his favorite recordings of the year.

A Marine and his buddies joined the mob that entered the Capitol on Jan. 6. They were not the only Marines there. NPR asked the Corps' top officer a question: Do the Marines have an extremism problem?

Recent reports suggest the CIA has been hiding and interrogating al Qaeda captives at a secret facility in Eastern Europe.

As 2009 winds down and the year-end best-of lists come flooding in, a lot of the same bands pop up again and again. In the spirit of looking out for the underdogs (small-town bands, basement-based indie labels, self-released self-starters), here are 12 albums worth checking out from artists you might not have heard.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Retired U.S. Navy admiral James Stavridis about Ukraine claiming to have killed the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

The Senate confirmed ex-Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital, after President Trump withdrew his controversial first pick, conservative activist Ed Martin Jr.

The co-host for NPR Music's All Songs Considered shares the albums he returned to the most in 2013.

Have you ever stopped to notice the different sounds an elevator makes? What the buttons look and feel like? Or where the emergency phone is? Well, it…

Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Tuesday that stabilizing the financial markets is a top priority for the Federal Reserve as a weak housing market, tight credit and rising oil prices threaten the U.S. economy.

The House of Representatives will be under new management in 2007, but leadership posts within each party are undecided. Maryland's Steny Hoyer wants to be Majority Leader, but Nancy Pelosi backing Rep. John Murtha. Republican Speaker, Dennis Hastert, says he won't run for a leadership post, creating room at the top for the new minority party.

Also: A winter storm is heading for the northeast region struck by Sandy; how astronauts vote in space; and a judge orders a woman who illegally passed a school bus to wear an 'Idiot' sign.

President Bush and the U.S. Senate turn their attention to immigration as the president helps to swear in new citizens while a Senate committee writes a bill to control the flow of undocumented workers. The full Senate is expected to debate the issue for the next two weeks.

The Carolina Panthers fired offensive coordinator Joe Brady over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Charlotte Hornets notched a win even without several key players, including LaMelo Ball, and Wake Forest lost the ACC championship game.

Peter Navarro urged the president to impose tariffs on China. Is it a trade war he wants?

http://66.225.205.104/JR20080904a.mp3New data released today shows Gaston County's infant mortality rate decreased slightly last year but continues to be…

NPR music reviewer Meredith Ochs shares her picks for the year's best CDs. Ochs is host of Sirius Satellite Radio's "Outlaw Country" channel, a contributing editor for Guitar World magazine and a regular contributor to NPR's All Things Considered. She's also the vocalist and guitarist for the rock band The Damn Lovelys.

Eddie Sotomayor was a trailblazer in the gay travel industry, organizing the first gay cruise to Cuba this year.

NPR reviewer Tom Moon shares his picks for the year's best CDs, from the lo-fi, indie folk of Iron and Wine to a newly discovered live recording by Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane.

NPR music reviewer Meredith Ochs shares her picks for the year's best CDs, from the "sacred-meets-profane" rock of the White Stripes to outlaw country singer Merle Haggard.