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With unemployment down, companies are experiencing a shortage of workers. Some are offering a new array of incentives beyond higher pay to lure employees.

Walter Jacobs, aka "Little Walter," was a harmonica virtuoso whose life was consumed by blues music. A new five-disc Hip-O Select re-release of Walter's complete recordings for the record label Chess is on shelves now.

It doesn't usually feature figs, and it isn't what Americans think of as a pudding. Want to try it for yourself? Be prepared for 30 minutes of prep, eight hours of cooking — and four weeks of aging.

David Greene talks to Sydney Finkelstein, who teaches management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, about his list of the worst CEOs of 2012. Of interest is not just who made the list this year, but who didn't.

House Republicans are unveiling a draft tax bill that would slash both individual and corporate rates. The challenge is paying for it. The draft bill has some new wrinkles.

Authorities say 14 people died, including one child, along with 25 people who were injured, including 11 children. Officials initially said the death toll was even worse.

It's dirt trails, not snow, at the World Championships of Dry Land Mushing. Humans and canines race for the top prize at the championships, held for the first time in the United States.

This week on the Billboard albums chart, Tyler, The Creator's Don't Tap the Glass charts at No. 1 and Ozzy Osbourne's The Essential Ozzy Osbourne races to No. 7 in the aftermath of the singer's death.

Despite all of the possible female candidates waiting in the wings, many political observers express doubt that a woman will be elected president — or even nominated — in the near future. Which is weird. Because in just about every other aspect of American life, women are taking over.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mac Warner, West Virginia's secretary of state, about a bipartisan campaign by state election officials to fight misinformation ahead of the 2022 vote.