Mar 22nd, 2005 · A funeral service will be held Tuesday in Texas for soul singer Lyn Collins, who died last Sunday at the age of 56. Collins was nicknamed "the Female Preacher" and her powerful voice landed her on center stage with the soul legend James Brown.
Mar 20th, 2005 · NPR's Greg Allen has a profile of H&R Block, the Kansas City-based company that 50 years ago founded the tax preparation industry. The company is now branching out into other financial services.
Mar 19th, 2005 · Lawyer Joseph Williams of Baltimore County, Md., is unhappy with Sears. It's an issue of punctuality. Williams sued the company when a repairman failed to show up to fix his dryer at the time Sears said he would. He won his case, and received a $1 judgment... but he believes he sent the company an important message.
Mar 9th, 2005 · NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about moves by America Online and Microsoft to offer customers new Internet services such as phone service and teleconferencing.
Mar 9th, 2005 · Wednesday night, Dan Rather appeared in his last broadcast as anchor at CBS's Evening News. Rather covered almost every major news story of the last four decades, but a botched report on President Bush's military service record cast a shadow on the last months of his tenure.
Mar 7th, 2005 · Rivals Blockbuster and Movie Gallery are both hoping to buy the country's second-largest video chain, Hollywood Video, in an attempt to keep up with the changing rental market. Customer habits are shifting. Many are now using mail-service rentals like Netflix, and others are buying low-cost DVDs instead of renting.
Feb 23rd, 2005 · A generation ago, prisoners just made license plates. Now they've entered the service sector, answering phones at customer call centers run out federal prisons -- an expansion that's angered private businesses.
Feb 14th, 2005 · A new Internet-based public health program in San Francisco allows people diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease to anonymously inform their sexual partners via e-mail. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.