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The Shandaken Art Studio Tour returns for its fifth year on July 21-22 with 45 artists, including several new to the tour, new sculpture gardens, and…

The storm killed at least 6 people in Taiwan and has thrust millions into the dark. Some 1.4 million homes in China's Fujian province were evacuated ahead of its landfall.

In baseball, the Boston Red Sox have played themselves into the American League Championship Series for the 10th time, doing it with excellent pitching…

Major League Baseball is expanding its video review process next season. Managers will be allowed one challenge over the first six innings of games and…

Well, they can finally shave.The Boston Red Sox are celebrating their third World Series championship in 10 seasons. The bearded bunch did it with a 6-1…

Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz tries to stump NPR's Melissa Block and WNPR listener Mark Nolan of Bloomfield, Conn.

Listener Arthur Anderson plays with puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

A STEREO Concert and interview with singer/songwriter and musician DAVE ALVIN. He's best known for his guitar "firepower" with the Blasters (for which he was also primary composer and songwriter). He also had a short stint with the band X. ALVIN went solo a few years ago, and began honing his voice. He's just released his third solo album -- his first accoustic one -- "King of California" (HighTone Records). One reviewer wrote of ALVIN that he's "one of the few artists capable of drawing on the spirits of both Woody Guthrie and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson for a populist vision of storytelling in a bluesy setting." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (REBROADCAST. ORIGINALLY AIRED 6/

2: CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY has just written a new political satire, "Thank you for Smoking" (Random House), which pokes fun at everything and everyone associated with the tobacco industry-- from anti-smoking advocates to tobacco company executives. BUCKLEY was George Bush's speechwriter from 1981-1983 when Bush served as Vice President. The son of William F. Buckley, he is the author of other political and social satires, including "The White House Mess" and "Wet Work." He is the editor of "Forbes FYI" magazine. (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 6/

The Burlington, Vermont City Council has voted to hire an executive search firm in the city’s effort to hire a police chief.