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Clarinetist David Krakauer is known as both a classical virtuoso and a hard-rocking player of klezmer, the instrumental music of East European Jewry. His new band, a 10-member group called Abraham, Inc., has audiences dancing in the aisles and features legendary trombonist Fred Wesley Jr. and beat architect DJ Socalled.

Led by poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, the garage-rock band The Fugs became a pivotal player in the American underground of the mid- to late '60s. The group retired in 1969 but re-formed in the mid-'80s and has performed and recorded regularly ever since. The band is set to release what could be its last album.

On March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers — mostly young, immigrant women — lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City. On the 100th anniversary of the tragedy, people around the country are remembering the victims, and the labor legacy they inspired.

Three garbage bins have been transformed into swimming pools on an industrial lot in Brooklyn. The idea of swimming in a trash container grosses you out? Think again. They're clean. They're lined with sheets of plastic, and the water is chlorinated and filtered.

The documentary Why We Fight Now tells the story of the Green Berets, the elite Special Forces soldiers whose specialty is counterinsurgency. They're known as the "quiet professionals," but a few years ago their commander decided to make a film about them — and its message is proving to be timely.

The Federal Reserve has released transcripts from more than a dozen meetings that took place in 2008, as Fed officials and other regulators struggled to get on top of an unfolding crisis.

With another $7.2 billion in payments to the Treasury Department, Fannie Mae is now in the black for the first time since it entered conservatorship in 2008. Yet Fannie's future is as murky as ever.

NASCAR executives and drivers hope changes to the playoff system boost flagging TV ratings and attendance. The new rules alter how drivers qualify, and the season has a Super-Bowl-like finish.

Tens of thousands may have failed to comply with a Connecticut law that requires gun owners to register their weapons. As WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports, the state faces a few problems enforcing the law.

Republican Ralph Hal of Texas, the longest-serving member of the House, has escaped anti-incumbent moods in the past, but if there's such a wave building in 2014, his district may be an indication.