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  • The big NASCAR news this weekend wasn't Jimmie Johnson's victory in the Daytona 500 or Danica Patrick's 8th place finish, the highest ever for a woman. A huge crash at the end of Saturday's Nationwide 400 in Daytona injured more than 30 fans and put a pall on NASCAR's biggest event. Audie Cornish talks to Ryan McGee, senior writer for ESPN The Magazine.
  • Journalist Jess Bravin's new book details the secretive system of military tribunals used to try terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay. Reviewer Jason Farago says the book reads like a thriller — but the violation of American values inherent in the tribunals is a true tragedy.
  • The trial of the former police chief who ignited one of the worst political scandals in China in decades wrapped up Tuesday. Wang Lijun is accused of trying to defect to the United States, and covering up a murder involving the wife of a powerful Communist Party official.
  • Commentator Harold Goldberg says Borderlands 2 may not have the story to live up to its terrific dialogue, but it could still be one of the games of the year.
  • The investigation, however, did prompt the resignation of one high-ranking official as well as the retirement of former ATF director Kenneth Melson.
  • By George Olsenhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/pre/local-pre-889697.mp3Sand Sharks - Margaret MaronNew Bern, NC – INTRO - Mystery…
  • http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/pre/local-pre-1011362.mp3The Cedar Grove CemeteryNew Bern, NC – On Saturdays until November you can…
  • To try to get a sense of what it really means to be the president, writer Michael Lewis spent six months in President Obama's shadow. Lewis wanted to show just what it's like to be in the president's shoes — down to something as simple as what he eats and wears every day.
  • By George Olsenhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/pre/local-pre-519863.mp3"Ocracoke in the '50's" - Dare WrightGeorge OlsenNew Bern, NC –…
  • Militants seized hostages earlier this week at a gas plant in eastern Algeria. A military raid freed some and reportedly caused the deaths of others. American officials believe 10 Americans were there when the plant was attacked. Some Americans reportedly escaped.
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