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He grew up with John Coltrane, gigged with Art Blakey and shared the silver screen with Tom Hanks. Now, on the eve of 80, illustrious saxophonist and jazz composer Benny Golson is re-creating his greatest ensemble: the six-person Jazztet.

A new iPhone application is making it easier for public radio listeners to tune into favorite stations across the country. Jake Shapiro, executive director of Public Radio Exchange, tells NPR why he thinks his Public Radio Tuner is transformative technology.

It's not getting much attention lately, but Congress is busy doing preliminary work on a health care overhaul bill. New Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made her official debut before a House committee on Wednesday, and battle lines are becoming clearer.

President-elect Obama rounded out his economic team, naming Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Daniel Tarullo to fill an open Federal Reserve seat.

Drummer Mick Fleetwood explores the resurgence of blues in America, thanks to an ongoing interest in British blues-rock bands like The Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac — which is touring again after a five-year hiatus. Fleetwood says he hopes to bring the group back to its blues roots.

From the late '70s to the early '90s, the zany dance-rock outfit did the "Rock Lobster," had its own "Private Idaho" and got together at the "Love Shack." Now, the band has produced Funplex — its first new album in 16 years.

Two physicians talk about what people should know before they undergo the vision-correction procedure.

Many listeners responded to the coverage of the anthrax case, especially a detail included about the suspect, Bruce Ivins. We also got some feedback on the feature about the legendary folk club, Club Passim.

At Sci Fi, she helped the cable channel shed its geeky image with shows like the dark, political Battlestar Galactica. And since she took over at USA, the network has been on fire.

On a junky car lot in north Indianapolis, Delonzo Rhynes is living his dream of restoring rusted-out Mustangs. But his specialty is a creation all his own — the Mustang Thunder Hawk — a yellow and black custom beauty that he lovingly creates from old Mustang shells.