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Rock critic Ken Tucker offers up his top 10 lists of the best albums and singles of 2008.music. Here's his look at some of his own favorites.

Ten albums released this year that you absolutely, positively won't want to miss — from marquee artists like Cecilia Bartoli and Michael Tilson Thomas to fresh discoveries, including American composer Michael Harrison, Denmark's Vagn Holmboe and a forgotten Baroque man of mystery.

The agreement would set a 15% minimum tax rate for companies around the world, but it would need to be passed by a closely divided Congress.

Amtrak service between Philadelphia and New York is resuming Monday. Service shut down last Tuesday after train 188 derailed in Philadelphia. Sunday night, a service was held for the victims.

Over a hundred attended a public session in the Big Ivy last week, highlighting a growing debate over the scale and speed of proposed forest recovery projects.

Memorial Day is specifically to honor those who died in military service. One vet says he'd prefer people say, "I hope you're having a meaningful day." The holiday's history dates to the Civil War.

Attorney Rene Sandler talks to NPR's A Martinez about legal representation in criminal cases involving children, after a six-year-old is accused of shooting his teacher in Newport News, Va.

A Pentagon official says two soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division were killed in Kandahar by a bomb that detonated near their convoy, and the incident is being investigated.

Fighting between rebel and government forces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has set off a humanitarian crisis. In one small refugee camp, workers from international aid groups are doing what they can to try and help some of the roughly 100,000 Congolese displaced by the fighting.

An Iranian scientist, who U.S. intelligence says is one of Iran's top nuclear officials, has been assassinated. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Iran Middle East expert Ariane Tabatabai about the news.