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What if you could enjoy seedless pomegranates or sweet, ripened strawberries all year round? What if a farmer could grow drought-resistant tomatoes?

Critics of the fishing industry have long predicted that if over-fishing continues for much longer, "junk species" like jellyfish will start filling up the vacancies. Until recently, there was no evidence that the prediction would come true. But now, scientists report the largest jellyfish invasion ever, off southern Africa.

British singer-songwriter James Blunt stops by to perform music drawn from his debut album, Back to Bedlam. Before venturing into the music industry, Blunt served a four-year stint in the British Army, where he spent time in war-torn Kosovo.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Mary Alice Kohs from New York City. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WNYC and WSHU in New York.)

New York is celebrating 50 years of the Public Theater. What Joe Papp started in a church basement on the Lower East Side became one of the most important theater companies in the world.

Goldmund plays minimalist piano pieces that delicately emphasize the physical expression of piano sounds. The overall effect is cinematic, like a film score composed by Erik Satie. Goldmund's piano pieces are short and restrained with spare notes and varying textures.

Conor Oberst's recent self-titled album is infused with the simplicity and mysticism of the Mexican mountainside setting where it was recorded. In a session on WXPN, Oberst and his band play songs from the new album and explain why it's not a Bright Eyes CD.

Though best known for their textured, electronica-infused pop, the German rockers have explored a wide variety of styles in over 20 years together. They perform a set of songs from 2008's The Devil, You + Me — their first album in six years — at WXPN.

Esquire music columnist Andy Langer runs through this week's new CD releases, including albums by Beck, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis, and Mugison.

The President also addressed inflation, taxes, gun control, immigration, and more.

A survey has found the majority of small businesses in North Carolina do not have a website, even as consumers increasingly rely on the internet to find…

Neither of today's economic reports change the picture. They add to evidence of sluggish growth.

More than 360,000 votes and one website crash later, the results of Budget Travel's Coolest Small Town Contest have been tallied - and the result? It's a…

Mississippi-based Caye Home Furnishings is opening an upholstery plant in Taylorsville that's expected to employ 125 workers over three years. The company…

http://66.225.205.104/SO20091201.mp3After two straight months of small dips in the Charlotte region's unemployment rate, the number inched up in October.…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20090316a.mp3The Obama Administration has rejected South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's request to use some of the stimulus…

http://66.225.205.104/LM20090609.mp3WTVI debuts a new program this week that aims at providing an entertaining take on Mecklenburg County government. It's…

Known for the speed of their playing, these Minnesotans are about more than just blistering bluegrass. They also write beautiful, heartfelt folk-pop songs, as this Tiny Desk Concert demonstrates.

Watch the singer perform her song "A Feather's Not A Bird" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

Ellis' performance of "Only Lies" shows off the lyrical craftsmanship that has earned him a place among Americana music's young vanguard.