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The electronic music pioneer has a new retrospective album out, featuring her commercial jingles and sound effects, as well as long-form piece.

Dogs, cats, birds, fish and even horses are increasingly being used in settings ranging from hospitals and nursing homes to schools, jails and mental institutions. A growing body of scientific research suggests interacting with animals can make us healthier — and benefits them, too.

How did a book featuring complex discussions about quantum physics, theology and mathematics become a beloved children's book? Madeleine L'Engle's classic had a rocky path to publication.

The new album Wrecking Ball surveys just about every style Springsteen has ever played, from Irish stomp to anthem rock.

The Indiana city known as the RV capital of the world took a hit when the economy — and with it, the demand for recreational vehicles — took a nosedive. Soon, the manufacturing-dependent area had the nation's highest jobless rate. Local officials pinned recovery hopes, and a lot of government money, on electric vehicles — a bet that didn't pay off. But now the RV business is picking up again.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney hopes he can firm up his front-runner status in the 10 Super Tuesday nominating contests. But that status, an NPR analysis shows, has so far involved his campaign and a pro-Romney superPAC burying the opposition with negative messages.

We talk about the balance of power in New Hampshire government. A number of bills have appeared in the state legislature that would seek to constrain the…

Vents in Egypt and Tunisia prove that although the internet can’t be destroyed per se, it can be more or less “turned off” – a fact that has some…

Folk Show 03/04/2012 - 7 pm HourTHROUGH THE GATES/Russ Barenberg-/Moving Pictures-Rounder RecordsSOUL KISS/Garnet Rogers/ Shining Thing- Snow GooseINTO…

Part 1: "This is what democracy looks like!" Among this year’s signs of spring – the return of Occupy protesters. Of course, the movement didn’t actually…