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Minton Sparks is a poet, storyteller and performance artist rolled into one, and her new recording, Sin Sick, offers tales tall and small, dark and whimsical, drawing on characters from her native Tennessee and the South.

Angry over a bill that would crack down on illegal immigrants, marchers support a rival measure that would give legal status to most undocumented immigrants. They're getting a big push from Spanish-language media.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are marking their 30th year in the business with a U.S. tour, and Petty has a new solo album, Highway Companion.

In the summer of 1967, photographer Al Clayton traveled through the Mississippi Delta, eastern Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama, and documented the lives of America's poor and hungry. His work was collected in the book Still Hungry in America.

North Carolina is home to some 4,000 Vietnamese Montagnard refugees. For most of the recent arrivals, this Christmas will be their first chance to celebrate openly. Hear reporter Jessica Jones of member station WUNC.

Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleads guilty to conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion charges. Abramoff is at the center of a political corruption scandal that's been growing for more than a year. He is expected to help Justice Department investigators.

Wall Street is reeling from a falling dollar, soaring oil prices and mortgage losses. However, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tells lawmakers the economy is still humming along reasonably well.

This comes after the NCAA's chief medical officer said the organization should not be testing for recreational drugs in the first place.

The “Climb to the Clouds” road race will take place on the slopes of Mount Washington this weekend. All eyes will be on David Higgins, a rally driver who…

A group of House Republicans plans to start a political action committee to push back against New Hampshire House Speaker Shawn Jasper in the next…