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The grassroots country star, whose fan base crosses lines of identity and politics, is releasing a song called "In Your Love," from a new album. Its video tells a queer, Appalachian love story.

Linda speaks with Rex Gephart, head of the Los Angeles MTA's "Metro Rapid" program, which aims to reduce bus travel times by 25 percent. As part of the plan, the MTA has equipped two of its major bus lines with a new device that hold a green lights for approaching buses. Gephart says ridership has increased significantly on the lines being tested. He says L.A. is the first city in the U.S. to implement so-called "signal priority" so extensively.

Linda checks back in with two entrepreneurs who launched web businesses in 1999. When we heard from them last December, both were eager about their prospects on-line. First, Linda talks with Becky Herberger who, along with her sister, owns LAFunk.com. The site caters to teenage girls who are looking for hair accessories, bags, and cosmetics. It was a tough year for the sisters, but the site remains on-line and is turning a bit of a profit. Meanwhile, the other entrepreneur -- Dave Saltman had to sell his venture BengalBay-dot-com in October. Saltman had hoped that his site, which sells tea and tea accessories, would attract enough consumers. He says he was lucky to find a buyer for his company so that his site could stay alive. (8:00) See http://www.lafunk.com and http://www.bengalbay.com for more info.

Construction on a new subway line has uncovered marble busts, frescoes, mosaics, even ancient peach pits, dating back nearly 2,000 years. Archaeologists have also found an ancient military barracks.

The operators of the "Miss Cleo" psychic phone lines have agreed to pay $5 million to settle claims involving deceptive advertising, bill and collection practices. Lynn Neary and Robert Siegel tell us about it.

The Great Depression wasn't just bread lines and soup kitchens. Some people actually made out pretty well during that era, which left its unforgettable stamp on American food, music and culture.

Sixteen years ago, Daniel Alter was first in line to see Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. NPR tracked him down to get his thoughts on the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens.

Army Staff Sgt. Michael Gabel, 30, was killed last week in a roadside blast in Afghanistan. In a story NPR aired last month, Gabel spoke eloquently about the loss of his best friend in the line of duty.

"Your friends are gonna tell you, 'Your beer is great.' It's another thing for people in the market to actually buy it and drink it," says gym teacher P.T. Lovern, founder of Line 51 Brewing.

Last year saw the highest number of deaths of United Nations peacekeepers since 1994. Former U.N. peacekeeper Conor Foley says "the line between peacekeeping and war-fighting is getting very blurred."

Millions of drivers and air travelers may face severe weather and long lines over the next few days. More than 50,000 flights are expected to take off on Tuesday, one of the busiest travel days.

The second line of "O Canada," which has said the nation inspires patriotism "in all thy sons," will now read "in all of us." The change has passed the country's Senate. The House approved it in 2016.

The idea of working "bankers' hours" is taking on a new meaning in Lansing, Mich., where idled auto workers are being paid upwards of $20 an hour for their time -- none of which is spent on the production lines of the companies paying them.

Without money from the Delta Air Lines Foundation, Atlanta's Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park would have been closed for the King holiday, a National Park Service spokesman told NPR.

Many people say they don't have the time to stand in line, or they're worried about being late for work. But about half of states require employers to offer some form of paid leave to vote.

It's hard out there for Broadway understudies -- they have to learn extra lines, attend extra rehearsals and deal with the grumbling of disappointed audiences. And the pressure is even greater for those who find themselves understudying Tony-nominated actors.

The British singer-songwriter and her longtime collaborator Lawyer Dave have a new album, Sunday Run Me Over, which traces a line from midcentury R&B to old-time gospel and religious music.

In his new book, Robert Wright explores Buddhism's take on our suffering, our anxiety and our general dis-ease — where he sees it lining up with scientific fields, says blogger Adam Frank.

President Biden used to tell world leaders "America is back," implying the Trump era's go-it-alone ethos was a one-term blip. But Biden needs a new line for this week's APEC and G20 summits.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch didn't cross any legal line by making the speech at the Trump Hotel in D.C., but ethics experts say the optics surrounding the event don't look great.