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The Grammy Awards were full of milestone wins, chaotic performances and viral moments, as well as speeches that frequently addressed this moment in American history.

Hollywood's Rob Reiner made a virtue of virtuosity, directing such diverse hits as When Harry Met Sally, Stand By Me, A Few Good Men, This is Spinal Tap, and Misery.

The stylish genre-bending rapper has been pursuing his moment for years. With his debut album, How Do You Sleep At Night?, he finally gets to make a big first impression.

North Carolina native Dr. Shaurice Mullins grew up poor in rural North Carolina, but now is the CEO of her own disaster relief company, Elite Disaster Consulting. EDC has responded to major hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes throughout the South and Puerto Rico.

In school cafeterias across the country, students are seeing big changes on their lunch trays. Responding to the growing childhood obesity epidemic, the USDA approved new rules for the federal school lunch program, the first such changes to student lunches in more than a decade.

Apple's agreement with Dubset could ease legal posting of DJ sets that contain copyrighted material. SoundCloud is unveiling a paid service. It's hard to say for sure who is going to benefit.

One of the main sticking points in the plans centers on intellectual property, as well as imports.

A number of Lowe’s workers across the U.S. will be losing their jobs, the home improvement company confirmed.Spokeswoman Jackie Hartzell says Lowe’s is…

The $526 million deal would create the world's biggest banana company which will be called ChiquitaFyffes.

How the trade war with China is playing out on one peanut farm in Georgia.

Duke Energy on Friday completed the demolition of the remaining section of the Buck Steam Station, on the Yadkin River near Salisbury. The demolition…

Also: there was more residential construction under way in August.

Mooresville leaders want to address layoffs in the auto racing industry. Red Bull Racing has already announced it plans to shut down and lay off 150…

http://66.225.205.104/LM20090408a.mp3Family Dollar's earnings jumped 33 percent in the second quarter as many other retailers continue to struggle during…

http://66.225.205.104/SO20090306.mp3The survey shows that executives who hold the purse strings of U.S. companies expect the recession to last well into…

Swedish furniture giant IKEA opens in Charlotte six weeks from today. The company's debut in the Carolinas is highly-anticipated, but also comes at a…

It's hard to keep a good rock band together; you're always losing members. In this game, we take the names of famous bands and drop a letter to make a whole new band.

Venezuelans are starving because there isn't enough food. But the country has so much fertile land, water, and sunshine — shouldn't it be a farmer's paradise?

Water isn't the only shortage California farmers are worried about. There's a labor drought, too.

Listen to "Missed Connection," the first episode of the new WBUR podcast based on the popular New York Times column.