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Fresh Air rock critic Ken Tucker says Dylan both infuses the songs with his personality, while also allowing them to be heard anew.

Hear the group perform songs from its new holiday EP, Winter (The Best Nine Months of the Year).

The image, captured by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite, shows smoke trails stretching out over the Pacific Ocean.

During a concert in the city that is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Boss tried to rev up the audience — exclaiming, "Party noises Pittsburgh." The problem? He was in Cleveland.

In Mayville, Wis., over the weekend, a passerby had reported seeing flames at the station, which isn't always staffed. Inside, firefighters found a vehicle on fire.

Fayard Nicholas was part of the famous acrobatic dancing team the Nicholas Brothers. He died earlier this week at the age of 91. Fayard's brother and tap partner Harold Nicholas recalls their career together.

Two major dissident unions split from the AFL-CIO, citing declining membership. The walkout by the Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters deprives the AFL-CIO of a quarter of its membership.

Lebanese oud virtuoso Marcel Khalife is known throughout the world as an artistic revolutionary and cultural icon — except in the U.S. Khalife hopes to change that on his current American tour. NPR's Neda Ulaby has a profile.

The FBI says 16-year-old Jeffrey Weise acted alone and apparently at random in killing nine people and himself on a Minnesota Indian reservation Monday. The shootings are the deadliest school violence since 1999. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson.

Culture was one of the seminal reggae harmony groups and the 1977 single, "Two Sevens Clash," was huge in Jamaica. The title refers to apocalyptic prophecies by Marcus Garvey. The song was so influential that on 7/7/77, the city of Kingston shut down. The full album was just reissued — on 7/7/07.