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The band's name has become shorthand for everything reviled about modern rock. But the band is among the most successful money-makers in the music industry — and they're laughing all the way to the bank.

Fans of the experimental rock band Negativland will get a bonus gift when they buy the new album — a plastic bag with some of dead band member Don Joyce's cremated remains.

In the late 1970s, D.C.-based band Urban Verbs was destined to be the "next big thing." However, after two albums, Urban Verbs was dropped from its label. This weekend, the band reunites for one show only at the 9:30 Club. Guy Raz speaks with the original members.

In 1967, Episcopal priest Fred Coleman recorded a popular high school band at a New Jersey church teen center. The Castiles lead guitarist was 17-year-old Bruce Springsteen.

The mayor said the settlement avoids "continuing anxiety and distraction." She said city attorneys felt going to court would ultimately prove more costly to the tax payers.

There's no better way to build a team than to start a band, say the executives of one telecom firm who met while playing music. Soon, their employees will play against each other in a companywide battle of the bands. The only rule is they have to pick an instrument they don't already know how to play.

Tito Jackson, a founding member of legendary pop group The Jackson 5, has died. He was 70 years old.

Marco Rubio was the surprise beneficiary of heavy GOP turnout and made the fight for evangelicals a three-way contest. Bernie Sanders won with younger voters, but not enough voted for him to win.

Security forces are regaining control of the hotel. Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne talk to NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR National Security Editor Phil Ewing and France's ambassador to the U.S.

A surprising number of gifted seniors are not applying to the Ivy League universities and selective colleges they'd be sure to get into.