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The Creation | Memphis Symphony Orchestra

The Memphis Symphony Orchestra's Paul and Linnea Bert Classic Accents concert series continues Friday, April 12th at 6:30 p.m. at Crosstown Theatre and Sunday, April 14th at First Baptist Church at 2:30 p.m. with Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Creation, featuring the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and soloists Mary Wilson, Samuel Cook and Joseph Parrish.

Tanks of liquid nitrogen are seen at the Foundation Food Group poultry processing plant in Gainesville, Ga. Six workers died after a freezer malfunctioned in January 2021.

6 Poultry Workers Died From A Nitrogen Leak. OSHA Has Issued $1 Million In Fines

They died when a freezer malfunctioned at the Foundation Food Group's poultry plant in Gainesville, Ga., in January. OSHA cited the company and three others for failing to ensure worker safety.

Why the post-Y2K era was a golden age for one-hit wonders

Rolling Stone has just put out its ranking of the top 50 one-hit wonders from the 2000s. Some of the songs might surprise you.

Social Media A New Layer For Campaign Messaging

With the Obama and Romney campaigns blasting away on Twitter, Facebook and all kinds of social media, will their efforts to sway voters through the Internet really work? Weekend Edition host Scott Simon explores the issues with Daniel Sieberg from Google's politics and elections team.

A Buddhist monk takes a photo on his phone at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar.

Smartphones Bring Happiness And Headaches To Myanmar

There were half a million mobile subscribers five years ago. Now there are 22 million. And so the Burmese are getting a course in the pluses and minuses of technology.

John P. Elwood, attorney for Anthony D. Elonis, speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Elonis says he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an FBI agent.

Justices Struggle To Find Line Between Threats, Free Speech Online

The U.S. Supreme Court struggled Monday with conflicting notions of where to draw the line between free speech and criminal threats in the Internet age.

As more teens get mobile devices, parents are using apps to track their every tweet and post.

Parent Over Shoulder: Apps Help Mom Snoop Online, But Should She?

A new industry of apps is helping parents stay one step ahead of their kids online, monitoring every post, photo and text they send or receive. Some argue this is necessary parental oversight in the modern digital age. Others say it sends the wrong message to kids and can backfire.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Fraught Fromage, Dammit, Planet! and Scintillating Scallions.

<em>Wired</em>'s Chris Anderson: "Privacy is complicated."

New Ways To Think About Online Privacy

Afraid to post your child's picture on Facebook? Worried your financial information will be compromised? Experts say we need to decide how we want to interact with each other, consider the importance of privacy to a democracy and take the time to learn privacy settings and rules.

Following the example set in Pakistan, the government of Bangladesh is having the mobile operator Grameenphone, which is majority-owned by Telenor, fingerprint SIM card customers. This is an FAQ on the biometric program.

After Terrorist Attack, A Phone Company Is Beating Google At Big Data

When terrorists killed nearly 150 at a high school in Pakistan, the government asked mobile carriers to fingerprint every SIM card owner. Soon, one firm realized its power to collect customer data.

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