Mar 20th, 2010 · The U.S. Army is overhauling its basic training program for the first time in 30 years. Part of the shift is intended to train a new generation of soldiers whose experience with fighting is usually limited to video games.
Mar 19th, 2010 · The Minneapolis band Peter Wolf Crier's has a gritty old sound, helped by an old mono tube amp. Bob Boilen recaps their live set at SXSW with videos along with a handful of other bands he discovered Thursday night at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas.
Mar 19th, 2010 · The attorney for Casey Anthony, who is accused of killing her daughter, told a court Thursday that ABC News had paid Anthony $200,000 for exclusive rights to reproduce family photos and a video. Several journalists said ABC's failure to tell viewers of the payment for the pictures was an ethical lapse.
Mar 19th, 2010 · There's a wounded heart in Sharon Van Etten and it is singing. NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson and I were sitting next to each other during the performance, and at some point I passed him a note that said, "I can't recall hearing anything more beautiful in all my life."
Mar 18th, 2010 · David Coleman Headley admitted in a signed plea agreement that he made surveillance videos and conducted other intelligence gathering for the 2008 attack, which left 166 dead. He could have been sentenced to death if convicted of the most serious charges, but under the deal he will not be executed as long as he continues to cooperate with prosecutors.
Mar 17th, 2010 · I stopped to catch a couple of songs from this group while heading to another show. The band is Judgement Day, a trio from California that describes itself as "string metal." Move over Brooklyn Rider! The show I was on my way to see was Freelance Whales at the Paste Magazine day party.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Shares of Blockbuster Inc. sank 30 percent Wednesday after the video rental chain warned that it may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The chain is trying to convince creditors to restructure a big chunk of its debt amid as it struggles to compete in a shifting market.
Mar 16th, 2010 · by Will Butler Picture yourself in a record label's London office. You've brought in your newest album—which you've been laboring over for years—to be vetted by a hard-nosed, no nonsense set of judges whose only job is to give an honest critique o...