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http://cptv.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ypmwebcontent/Neena/ns%20120119%20alternativeschools.mp3Thousands of students leave their traditional public high schools each…

Though they work as a traditional African-American string band, Carolina Chocolate Drops' members throw in some modern twists. The Durham, N.C.-based trio plays a wide variety of instruments, including the banjo, fiddle, jug, bones and harmonica. All of those sounds are featured on the band's newest record, Genuine Negro Jig.

Naturalist Mark Derr says our friendship with dogs and wolves goes back thousands of years more than previously believed. His new book explores how the relationship between humans and wolves developed.

John Biewen (BEE-wen) reports on the phenomenom of young uys, fast cars, and their big woofers.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Wednesday's earthquake as heard on the 51st floor of a Seattle office building; Washington state Governor Gary Locke (Democrat); Britain's Chief Veterinarian Jim Scudamore and Dutch parliamentarian Jan Mulder; US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Kuwaiti political analyst Abdullah Shayze; Hilary Rosen, president of the Recording Industry Association of America, and Hank Barry, CEO of Napster; President George W. Bush and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (Democrat, South Dakota).

Fairy tales — those stories of princes and princesses, spells and magic — have sparked kids' imaginations for centuries. But author John Baxter suggests a very different kind of fiction to get young synapses firing: He recommends three tales filled with creepy characters you're sure to love.

In just the last year, 96-year-old sculptor Elizabeth Catlett has had her work featured in exhibitions from Istanbul to Mexico to New York. She broke through barriers of race and gender, yet remains unknown to all but the artists she inspires.

http://cptv.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ypmwebcontent/Chion/hj%20101029%20bureau%20mccoy.mp3A prominent UConn law professor has been tapped to advise the new Consumer…

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 15 percent of Americans do shift work. A request on NPR's Facebook page for people to share their stories of working on the night shift brought more than 2,000 responses.

After playing a three-day match, he falls to an unranked player.