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Peter Sokolowski is a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about some of the Words of the Year, based on searches of the website, and the news events behind them.

It's not often that you hear of a record company being destroyed by success, but that was the fate of one of America's most prominent soul labels, Vee-Jay Records. They recorded John Lee Hooker, the Four Seasons and Betty Everett, but the music has been unavailable for decades. A new box set ends the wait.

A note written by a 13-year-old Boy Scout 40 years ago was recently found on top of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Weekend Edition host Rachel Martin talks with the former Boy Scout Tim Taylor, who is now a superior court judge in San Diego.

Country music superstar Morgan Wallen is the first artist to have five Top 10 singles from an album that hasn't even been released yet. His highly anticipated album "I'm the Problem" drops in May.

The Senate Finance Committee votes today on how they want to change the state budget. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne has advised them to ...

The former head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory told The New York Times he helped to conceal doping by top Russian competitors in the 2014 Olympics. Russian officials are denying the report.

What would incomes look like for U.S. families today if the income distribution were the same as it was in 1979?

Hundreds of dogs competed for the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this week. Penny the Doberman pinscher was named best in show.

Four of the top 10 companies were American, a slight improvement from the rankings compiled in 2008.

After winning her second gold medal, swimmer Kaylee McKeown invited Emily Seebohm to share the top step of the podium. "It was quite emotional. She had some tears in her eyes, so did I," McKeown says.