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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).

A year where alternative and hip-hop were the mainstream, and glam and pure pop were out.

Commentator Reynolds Price jabs at the frivolity of some consumer products popping up on the gadget market place. Not to be out done by the makers of battery powered pepper grinders, Price has a few product ideas of his own: home liposuction, the flesh zipper, and the calorie-exchange switch.

NPR's Wendy Kaufmann reports on how the 24-member U.S. Navy air crew passed the time while in detention in China. It wasn't all serious business--gin rummy and American pop songs were also part of the mix.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger, co-founders of the pop band Fountains of Wayne. Their new CD, Welcome Interstate Managers, is on S-Curve Records.

R Community Bikes repairs and gives away bikes to people in need.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks with Steve Inskeep from the scene of Monday's Navy Yard shooting in Washington, D.C.

When Amiens, France, was bombed during World War I, a painting was believed to have been destroyed — until it was spotted behind pop star Madonna when she appeared in Paris Match magazine.

Dan Kaufman, author of The Fall of Wisconsin, says the state's experienced a conservative transformation in recent years — despite a tradition of progressive politics dating back to the 19th century.

Students, parents and teachers in an Orange County School District are embracing mobile-optimized learning technology, as we hear in this report from…