Sep 7th, 2008 · On Monday, the city of Wilmington, N.C., will be the canary in the digital coal mine when it becomes the first U.S. city to permanently switch television broadcasts from analog to digital.
Mar 31st, 2008 · Rachel Donadio talks about her essay in Sunday's New York Times, "It's Not You, It's Your Books." She writes that mismatched literary tastes can make it "chillingly clear that a romance is going nowhere fast." Does love conquer literature? Listeners weigh in.
Jun 21st, 2007 · Back in 1934, a group of eight women in Massachussetts gathered with one goal: to create a uniquely tuneful pet canary. The result of their breeding experiments was the American Singer Canary. Recently, an annual national competition was held to name the best bird.
Sep 6th, 2006 · A record-breaking wave of African migrants is inundating the Canary Islands. So far this year, more than 22,000 have reached the Atlantic archipelago that belongs to Spain. Nearly 800 poured in Tuesday in one of the busiest days ever. The migrants know that when they reach the Canary Islands, they are effectively in Europe.