Nov 21st, 2008 · For a good singer, automatic tuning software tidies up the off key and the wrong note. It can even make you sound like a robot — or at least like R&B singer T-Pain. But what could it do for Weekend Edition host Liane Hansen?
Nov 12th, 2008 · A tight Senate race from last week is getting even tighter. The latest numbers from Minnesota indicate incumbent Republican Norm Coleman is ahead of Democratic challenger Al Franken by slightly more than 200 votes. Franken talks with Renee Montagne about the narrow margin, which triggers an automatic recount next week.
Aug 22nd, 2008 · New research published this week in the journal Science looks at "automatic mental associations" and finds that they can be good predictors of which way an undecided voter will sway.
Aug 5th, 2008 · When people get into credit card trouble, courts sometimes work out repayment schemes that include garnishing wages and taking automatic withdrawals from bank accounts. But the Social Security Administration says the legality of garnishing Social Security benefits is questionable at best.
May 19th, 2008 · Jill Price can recall every detail of the last three decades of her life — whether she wants to or not. A rare memory condition causes Price to experience continuous, automatic playback of events just like movies playing in her mind. Price talks about her new memoir, The Woman Who Can't Forget.
Mar 12th, 2008 · State Rep. Russell Pearce of Mesa is leading the legislative charge against illegal immigrants. If he had his way, citizenship would no longer be automatic for everyone born on U.S. soil.
Oct 24th, 2007 · A Senate committee takes up the farm bill. They are finding it difficult to rein in the automatic payments that go to commodity crop farmers. Critics say the bill continues to the benefit of a small number of big farms.
Sep 28th, 2007 · Yangon is quiet a day after the bloodiest day in monk-led protests against 45 years of military rule. Buddhist monasteries were raided, and troops fired automatic weapons into crowds of demonstrators, killing at least eight people -- though it's believed the death toll is considerably higher.