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Wednesday night, Dan Rather appeared in his last broadcast as anchor at CBS's Evening News. Rather covered almost every major news story of the last four decades, but a botched report on President Bush's military service record cast a shadow on the last months of his tenure.

Hurricane Jeanne, leaving a devastated Haiti in its wake, could hit Florida's Atlantic coast by Sunday. And Hurricane Ivan, which tore through Alabama and the Florida Panhandle last week, has doubled back and is gathering strength again in the Gulf of Mexico. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Dan Brown of the National Hurricane Center.

Bill Carter reports on the television industry for The New York Times and has written about TV for almost 30 years. His new book is called Desperate Networks and it has a mouthful of a subtitle: Starring Katie Couric, Les Moonves, Simon Cowell, Dan Rather, Jeff Zucker, Teri Hatcher, Conan O'Brien, Donald Trump and a Host of Other Movers and Shakers Who Changed the Face of Prime-Time TV.

Americans consume more bananas than apples and oranges combined. Dan Koeppel, author of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World, gives us a primer on the expansive history — and the endangered future — of the seedless, sexless fruit.

Clinton County Legislator Wendell Hughes won Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary in Plattsburgh, beating Clinton County Assistant District Attorney Dan Lennon.

Although other aspects of the pandemic have gotten more attention, there are questions about how COVID-19 relates to water and sewage. Environmental group…

Dan Fischer found solace in surfing after his father died. Now, he's writing the names of other people's lost loved ones on his surf boards, to "memorialize them in the place they so deeply loved."

Danny Brown reshaped Detroit's rap scene with XXX, and in 2021, moved to Austin to do it all again. He may be the greatest Danny Brown, but what does he know about best-selling author Dan Brown?

Many people erupted in outrage when secretly taped remarks by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney were released earlier this week. But people from both sides of the political aisle suggest that maybe Romney has a point. Host Michel Martin speaks with David Sirota who wrote about this on Salon.com, and Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute.

The singer, songwriter and instrumentalist was widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive musicians of his era.