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Leaks by Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, revealed the agency was monitoring vast amounts of telephone and Internet conversations both in the U.S. and around the world. The revelations have sparked a debate over the scope of the NSA's activities and whether they are legal.

Who knew that classical musicians could talk trash? Check out how the orchestras from the two cities in this year's World Series have had some fun getting into each other's faces.

The masquerading group that played in Brooklyn this weekend was clearly neither a set of wide-eyed naïfs dropping their first 12", nor the band that made sneaking out of your parents house feel like toppling the Berlin Wall.

The small slip normally wouldn't matter if Thomas Menino wasn't renowned for his erroneous sports references.

The former congressman's exploits have been turned into an off-off-Broadway play, The Weiner Monologues. The production uses only found text — articles, talk-show jokes, Weiner's own words, and so on — in its script.

Smog was so terrible in one city that it closed schools and grounded planes. The satellite image shows how wind patterns and the mountains helped trap the pollution.

New York Times national political correspondent Jonathan Martin explains the Republican rift that was widened by the recent budget battles. He talks about how the divisions may play out in upcoming elections and traces the history of the battle between establishment Republicans and the "insurgent" conservatives.

The guitarist and producer talks about being a Detroit musician, then and now, in this Sense of Place feature. That's Coffey's wah-wah guitar on The Temptations' "Cloud Nine," and he's the man behind the instrumental hit "Scorpio."

Led by singer Jason Stollsteimer, the Hounds perform four songs from You Light Me Up In The Dark for this installment of Sense of Place: Detroit. Stollsteimer also discusses his musical transition with host David Dye in this special session.

What had been an infrequent novelty — mixing electronic and '30s beats with scat and big band-ish horn solos — has become more and more common among European dance musicians and producers. Critic Milo Miles looks at two compilations that highlight this European dance trend.