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Forty years ago Thursday, radio storyteller Jean Shepherd took a crowded bus from New York City to participate in the March on Washington. The next day, he went on the air and shared the experience from his perspective in the crowds. He had been surprised by the good-natured attitude of most of the demonstrators, and by how they had been received by regular people walking around in the city. We hear an excerpt from his broadcast of Aug. 29, 1963.

Later this month, the U.S government launches Alhurra, a new 24-hour satellite TV news channel designed to compete with the Arab world's al-Jazeera. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that Alhurra's mission is to present the American perspective to the Arabic world.

The Department of Energy wants to clean up its aging underground tanks of high level nuclear waste. But environmental groups say the agency's plan to empty and seal the tanks isn't safe enough; it leaves behind shallow layers of radioactive sludge. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

A nondescript booth in New York City's Grand Central Terminal will be the first collection point for a new national oral history project modeled after recordings made of ordinary Americans during the 1930s. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to David Isay about the StoryCorps project.

For more than 20 years, filmmaker Peter Brosnan has been working to unearth and restore the "Lost City" of Cecil B. DeMille: the massive set of his epic The Ten Commandments, which was buried in the California desert in the 1920s.

The Democratic administration wants to ensure that poverty, race and ethnic status do not lead to worse exposure to pollution and environmental harm.

The deleted accounts will get rid of user data in Gmail, Google Drive and Docs, Google Calendar and YouTube. To keep an account active, a user simply has to log in.

President Bush orders the public release of a summary of a classified report by U.S. intelligence agencies on America's vulnerability to terrorist attack -- and how the war in Iraq affects the effort to fight terrorism. Descriptions of the National Intelligence Estimate surfaced in newspapers over the weekend.

Long before novelist John le Carré mixed political intrigue with a splash of romance, there was Rossini's Maometto Secondo. From Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, hear the story that pits love against loyalty in a city divided by war.

The vodka makers tell The Dallas Morning News that hand sanitizer must contain 60% alcohol. Tito's Handmade Vodka is 40%. It might be better to save the vodka for killing time in quarantine.

The Broadway League has announced an extension of closures related to COVID-19 to May.

Two of the biggest items include: Biggie Smalls signed crown from his "King of New York" photo shoot — his last ever. And 22 love letters written by Tupac Shakur to his childhood sweetheart.

Dylan's first album of original songs in eight years comes out June 19. Hear the bluesy "False Prophet" now.

The school district also said they would have to complete 50 hours of community service.

A company in Davidson is relocating 7 miles away after the city of Mooresville and Iredell County commissioners approved $138,000 in economic incentives.…

http://66.225.205.104/SO20090910.mp3Duke Energy has severed ties with a clean coal lobby group over disagreements on climate legislatoin. WFAE's Simone…

Apple says it sold more than 5 million of its new IPhone over the weekend. The iPhone 5 sold better than the last version. But sales were not as strong as many analyst expectations, and there are concerns about Apple's ability to keep up with demand.

Part One: Clybourne Park Sometimes current events and good timing dovetail to create a piece of art that transcends the canvas on which it is presented.…

Charlotte has nearly made it through the summer with only two orange ozone alert days. That beats last year when there was a total of seventeen ozone…

http://66.225.205.104/MT20110525.mp3 Charlotte-Mecklenburg high schools are changing what's for lunch next year. Yesterday they set up 29 different food…