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Consumer Reports, the nonprofit product testing organization, is adapting to the rise of the electric vehicle. One change: Range tests that show how far you can drive on a full battery charge.

A global trial of a four-day work week has yielded success stories — such as the one from a small manufacturing company in Ohio. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 24, 2023.)

In 2018, Delta airlines unveiled new uniforms made of a synthetic-blend fabric. Soon after, flight attendants began to get sick. Alden Wicker explains how toxic chemicals get in clothes in To Dye For.

A building demolition inadvertently helps pianist Jonathan Biss discover the perfect practicing solution. Moving the piano out of his apartment away from the commotion allows him concentration.

The International Energy Agency predicts the U.S. will have to rely more heavily on Middle Eastern oil in coming years as North American sources start to dry up.

NoDa and Olde Mecklenburg breweries, along with members of a craft brewers group filed the case in Wake County Superior Court Monday.The brewers argue two…

http://66.225.205.104/CT20091119.mp3Part One: Elizabeth Strout Local author of this year's Pulitzer Prize for Fiction joins us today. Based in New York,…

http://66.225.205.104/CT20090520.mp3Part One: Charlotte Roller Girls Flat track roller derby is a sport that's gaining quite a bit of momentum in cities…

The company Savage Beast's "music genome project" catalogues songs to the smallest detail in a bid to more accurately link people to music that they might like. Scott Simon talks with Tim Westergren, the founder of Savage Beast technologies. An interactive product will be available soon.

Director and choreographer Susan Stroman makes her screen directing debut with the new film version of The Producers, the screen adaptation of the Broadway hit starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. Stroman also directed the musical on stage.

Percussionist Jonathan Haas is a solo timpani player who has garnered international praise. He plays all styles of music, from classical to jazz and rock. Haas is the principal timpanist for the New York Chamber Symphony, the Aspen Chamber Orchestra and the EOS Ensemble. He regularly performs with numerous other orchestras worldwide. Haas also teaches percussion at the Aspen Music School and has been the director of the Peabody Conservatory Percussion Studio for 17 years. He's also the head of Sunset Records, Kettles and Company, and Gemini Music Productions.

Charlotte's ImaginOn will play host to one of the hottest tickets in town during the Democratic National Convention. Jon Stewart and his satirical news…

http://66.225.205.104/CT20120403.mp3 Part One: Rockingham Revival NASCAR traditionalists got exciting news this year; racing is returning to Rockingham.…

The Vermonter pays homage to her favorite bits of American geography on Reckless Skyline.

The California electricity crisis promises to be a quick test of the Bush administration's energy policy. President Bush has extended two emergency directives requiring wholesalers to sell power to California's financially ailing utilities. But the president says the orders will not be extended beyond two weeks. The new administration has made it clear it that it sees little federal role in helping California solve its problems. Instead, President Bush is likely to use the state's power crunch as an opportunity to argue for increased domestic oil and gas production. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the request. Ohio State may control use of "The" on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels, such as T-shirts.

Fifty years ago, Oregon commissioned an original musical to celebrate the state's 100th birthday. Now Pink Martini's Thomas Lauderdale is charged with resurrecting the production.

The Almond Windmill Cookies and Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies with certain October sell-by dates have been affected.

How do you tie together the stories of ancient Egypt, Robin Hood, Freddy Kreuger, and Hamlet – on a single stage?

New York Times media reporter John Koblin discusses the Hollywood writers' strike — and how streaming has upended every element of TV and film production, leading to deteriorating working conditions.