Search results for

Rhythm and blue singer Laverne Baker died Monday at age 67. Hits like "Tweedle-Dee" and "Jim Dandy" earned her a place at the top of the charts during the 1950s. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. (Tape and Copy)

NPR John Ydstie reports one of the first challenges President Elect Bush and his top advisors will likely face is how to restart the stalled US economy. Bush has said a tax cut is the solution. Some experts disagree.

The National Association of Home Builders in downtown Washington, DC is finding out first-hand what it's like to build a home-- as the group's building is remodeled from top to bottom.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade where several top government officials still loyal to ousted president Slobodan Milosevich stepped down yesterday. European nations are rushing to lift embargoes and reestablish ties with Yugoslavia's new government.

Bill Raack of member station KWMU reports on the Supreme Court decision to allow the Ku Klux Klan to sponsor a road in Missouri's Adopt-A-Highway program. The case began in 1994 when the KKK's top state official filed an application with the state.

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to corporate attorney Isaac Vaughn, hailed by Black Enterprise magazine as one of America's top black lawyers, about overcoming the challenges people of color often face when they seek to own their own businesses.

Political strategist Donna Brazile, former campaign manager for the Gore-Lieberman 2000 campaign, comments on the final presidential debate. Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, the state's top ranking African-American official, also weighs in.

It's a long summer weekend, the perfect time to retreat to the air-conditioned comfort of the rec room to watch your favorite film. All of Weekend Edition's regular voices submitted their top choices.

Morning Edition sports commentator Frank Deford marks the anniversary of one of the greatest athletic achievements in human history: Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's climb to the top of Mount Everest.

In Nebraska, the governor's race has top billing, as polls show a close Republican contest between Charles Herbster, Brett Lindstrom and Jim Pillen.

Kevin Maki takes us inside the world of a top-notch sheep shearer in western Montana, where the spring shearing season has begun.

NPR's Tony Cox talks with top-notch jazz pianist Geri Allen about her approach to music and her new album, The Life Of a Song.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the rise in global crude oil prices. The average price topped $50, a new record.

The top commander in Iraq discusses his struggle to keep politics out of the military and what the term "Petraeus Generation" means to him.

The 28-year-old rocketed past Andretti Global's Marcus Ericsson in the final laps of the contest and held onto the top position until the end.

We asked and you voted: Here are the 100 best albums of the year, as selected by All Songs Considered listeners.

The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi ordered the retirement of Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi and Chief of Staff Gen. Sami Annan. It's seen as the boldest move he's made since assuming the nation's top job.

Howard Berkes is a correspondent for the NPR Investigations Unit.

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

NPR's movie critic looks back on 2012 and his picks for the year's best movies.