Dec 15th, 2008 · For the past few weeks, listeners have been voting for the best albums of 2008 in the All Songs Considered online poll. Bob Boilen talks about the year in music and the poll's final results, singling out music from Bob Dylan, She & Him, Girl Talk and this year's top album from Fleet Foxes.
Nov 27th, 2008 · Indian security forces have freed some hostages at one of the luxury hotels hit in a series of coordinated attacks in Mumbai. At least 100 people are dead and 300 are wounded in the attacks by suspected Islamic militants. Eye witnesses said the gunmen were singling out British and American guests at the hotels.
Jun 23rd, 2008 · There have been a lot of explanations offered for the doubling of crude oil prices over the last year: a weak dollar, strong demand overseas, greedy oil companies, a stubborn OPEC. The latest culprit singled out on Capitol Hill and the campaign trail is oil speculators.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · This week, the city of Philadelphia begins formally evicting the local Boy Scouts of America chapter from the building it has occupied rent-free for 80 years. The city had given the local chapter until May 31 to defy the national Scouts policy against admitting gay members or start paying $200,000 a year in rent. Instead, the Scouts filed a federal lawsuit last week claiming the city is singling out the group for punishment, in violation of its First Amendment rights. Joel Rose
Oct 17th, 2007 · In case you missed the memo, it's National Cupcakes for Cause Week, a time when bakers and cake-lovers unite to sell cupcakes for charity across the country. Meanwhile, school districts from Texas to New York have come out against cupcakes, singling them out for their contribution to childhood obesity.
Feb 27th, 2007 · The lead prosecutor of the International Criminal Court accuses a Sudanese government official and a militia leader of working together to attack civilians in Darfur. Sudan immediately rejected the allegations. Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo singled out two men as "some of the most responsible."
Feb 8th, 2007 · A review of a new collection of James Brown's first four years of singles: James Brown: The Singles: The Federal Years 1956-1960 (Hip-O Select).
Feb 1st, 2007 · A new Harvard study says 3.5 percent of women and 2 percent of men qualify as "binge eaters." But not all psychiatrists agree that frequent gorging should be singled out as a separate disorder.