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  • A VU Pioneer TX-9500 II. There are still people willing to drop a large chunk of their income on the best audio equipment available, says music professor Mark Katz. "That said," he adds, "the landscape — or perhaps soundscape — has changed."
    Whatever Happened To The Audiophile?
    Audiophiles talk about sound equipment and listening to music as if it were a religious experience. But in this time of iPods and MP3 players, such devotees of sound are harder and harder to find.
  • Wye Oak Looks Inward On 'My Neighbor/My Creator'
    The Baltimore-based duo Wye Oak crafted a thunderous E.P. called My Neighbor/My Creator in the midst of last winter's onslaught of blizzards.
  • U.S. Phone Records Sold to Firms, Govt. Agencies
    Americans' telephone records, secretly gathered by tricking telephone companies into revealing private billing information, are often bought by businesses, and sometimes law enforcement agencies. That's the testimony of data-broker witnesses grilled by members of the House Energy and Commerce committee.
  • Sony Ready To Move Past Hackers, Losses
    The company that introduced the world to the Walkman reported its biggest annual loss in more than 15 years — partly due to a major hacker attack and the Japanese tsunami. But Sony just unveiled its newest products, and company executives and analysts agree that Sony must make a few changes to improve its prospects.
  • Should Robert Jones have been running for the state Senate?
    State Representative Robert Jones was an enormously popular former mayor of Kalamazoo who was in an intense battle to win a seat in the state senate.…
  • Nuclear Agency Says Iran Defies Security Council
    The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has defied a U.N. Security Council call for a freeze on enriching uranium. President Bush greeted the news by saying "the world is united and concerned" about Iran's nuclear activities. The White House says it believes Iran is pursuing the production of nuclear weapons.
  • Jody Banks displays a selaginella plant at her desk at Purdue University. Banks says selaginella represents an important step in the evolution of plants and produces secondary metabolites that could have medical applications.
    Decoding The Platypus Of The Plant Kingdom
    Amborella is the first known flowering plant and, like the platypus, a genetic dead end. Selaginella's relatives are the fossils in fossil fuel. Now, scientists are studying the genes of these plants, looking for clues about evolution and compounds that might be applied to medicine or agriculture.
  • Jody Banks displays a selaginella plant at her desk at Purdue University. Banks says selaginella represents an important step in the evolution of plants and produces secondary metabolites that could have medical applications.
    Decoding The Platypus Of The Plant Kingdom
    Amborella is the first known flowering plant and, like the platypus, a genetic dead end. Selaginella's relatives are the fossils in fossil fuel. Now, scientists are studying the genes of these plants, looking for clues about evolution and compounds that might be applied to medicine or agriculture.
  • Wayne and Sue Groth used to live near Talmadge Creek, where the oil spill occurred last summer. They eventually sold their home to the energy company, Enbridge.
    Life on the Kalamazoo River: suing & settling with Enbridge
    This is part three of a series marking the first anniversary of the Kalamazoo Oil Spill. Click here for parts one and two. A year ago... a ruptured…
  • Battelle Memorial Institute.
    Nonprofit company uses science to turn ideas into jobs
    http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-989870.mp3(We're having technical problems with the "audio processing" file…
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