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Memphis Light Gas & Water has been buying power from the Tennessee Valley Authority for 80 years. But that doesn't mean the state's largest public utility…

A campaign to clean up litter is high on Mayor Jim Strickland's to-do list for his second term. This week on WKNO-TV's Behind the Headlines, Strickland…

On July 16, ICU beds in Shelby County hospitals reached 90% capacity. Jason Little, president and CEO of Baptist Medical Healthcare, says that the Baptist…

Though COVID-19 vaccinations are now available, it will likely be a long time before there are enough doses available to end restrictions and ease up on…

2: Rock musician NEIL YOUNG. In 66' he joined L.A. rock band Buffalo Springfield; they split up 3 albums later due to inter-band fighting and their lack of commercial success. YOUNG then meandered from band to band, including "Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young," while doing a lot of solo work as well. He's been called the "Godfather of Grunge," and "The King of Punk." (REBROADCAST, Originally aired 11/5/92) Rock musician FRANK ZAPPA, who died in 1993. For more than 20 years, Zappa made rock and roll music that was in turn funny, gross, esoteric, satirical, and danceable. (REBROADCAST, Originally aired 6/6/89) .

2: British author A.S. BYATT. BYATT is known by many Americans for "Possession," a Booker Prize-winning Victorian novel published here in 1990. Her most recent novel is "Babel Tower." (Random House). Set in the turbulant 1960s, the book is about Frederica, a young woman involved in a divorce and custody suit, as well as the prosecution of an "obscene" book. "Babel Tower" is the third book in a planned quartet of novels ("The Virgin in the Garden" and "Still Life") set in different mid- centuary time frames. Besides being a best selling author, BYATT is also a critic, a reviewer, a radio dramatist, an editor, and a university lecturer. The movie "Angels and Insects" which is based on Byatt's novella "Morpho Eugenia" has recently come out on home video. Originally aired 6/6/96.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny plays the puzzle with NPR Puzzle Master Will Shortz and listener Eric Feinstein from Ossining, New York.

Thousands were stranded in Kansai International Airport, on an island in Osaka Bay, after the bridge linking the airport to the main island was damaged.

The quake struck at a depth of 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) and was felt in five states, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The 6.4 magnitude temblor killed more than two dozen people and injured hundreds. Rescuers are racing to find survivors — and those who lived must now pick up the pieces of their former lives.