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A small but significant number of people are getting sick and finding the usual antibiotics don't work, because the strain of bacteria that's making them sick has become resistant to the drug. The cause is widely believed to be the common practice of feeding antibiotics to farm animals.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Del and the Boys by the Del McCoury Band.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on the dangers of multitasking. While working on several projects at once has become a workplace standard, experts now say that multi-tasking actually takes longer than doing things one at a time.

Host John Ydstie visits with workers of Scranton, Pennsylvania, laid-off and left behind by a television-tube factory that's being moved to Mexico. For some, the lay-off is breaking up marriages and worrying their children. But others say they're glad--- that the closing means they're on to more fulfilling jobs.

NPR's Van Williamson reports on the declining blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay. As this regional symbol grows scarce, Marylanders may have to change more than their eating habits. (6:52 -

Liane Hansen visits pedal-steel player Robert Randolph in the House of God Church in Orange, New Jersey. The 23-year-old guitar prodigy is part of a little-known group of church musicians playing "sacred steel", and he's now playing more and more on the club circuit. The Word, on Ropeadope Records, with Randolph, keyboardist John Medeski and the North Mississippi Allstars has just been released on CD.

NPR's Allison Aubrey examines the danger that common food allergies pose to some Americans. Common allergens, such as peanuts and certain grains, are often unlisted as ingredients on food packaging, or contaminate other food prepared in the same factory. Such problems lead to product recalls every year and have prompted the Food and Drug Administration and food processors, to find ways to test for allergens.

Barbecue is America's native slow-food movement, and judging by the numbers of new barbecue restaurants across the nation, diners are hungry for the smoky glory of slow-fired meat. See the crew of Sunday's Weekend Edition devour the best Texas has to offer.

Scott remembers the late British pop star Kirsty MacColl. She died last December at the age of 41. Her last album is a mix of English wit and Latin rhythms. It's called Tropical Brainstorm on Instinct Records (INS557-2).

In the final installment of the favorite summers series, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with a kayaking couple, Jason Hale and Dixie-Marie Prickett, who are taking this summer to fulfill a dream -- paddling some of America's most challenging rivers.