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Guest host Sheilah Kast speaks with Jonnie Robinson, curator of the British Library's Collection of Accents and Dialects. The library recently released over 55 hours of audio on their Web site that document the evolution of British English over the past 50 years.

A video posted on a militant Islamic Web site shows the beheading of a man identified as civilian contractor Eugene Armstrong. Armstrong was kidnapped along with one British and one American colleague from their house in Baghdad Thursday. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon and NPR's Robert Siegel.

Podcaster Rob Walch runs the podcast411.com Web site and has written a book on podcasting. He explains who is actually making money producing the Internet-based audio features.

Voters decided a number of City Council races in Ventura County in Tuesday's election.In Oxnard, Mayor Tim Flynn was re-elected, while Bryan McDonald and…

Tanya Wenman Steel, editor-in-chief of the food Web Site Epicurious.com, is full from Thanksgiving even before the turkey goes in the oven. Kitchen Window host Bonny Wolf talks with Steel about the site and gets tips for Thanksgiving cooking.

The author of Fight Club has a new collection of short stories out, called Haunted. But that's not all he's up to this October. Chuck Palahniuk has a zealous fan base mostly centered around his Web site. But this month, he's vowed to answer fan letters... not e-mail.

Old wives' tales have transformed themselves into Internet rumors, pranks and myths. Reporter Doug Fine talks to David Mikkelson, the co-founder of Snopes.com, a Web site dedicated to busting urban legends.

The joro spider has managed to make its way to the United States from Japan. Those spiders can grow to be about 3 inches long, including a large bulbous body with bright yellow stripes.

Cankerworms and hackberry leafrollers are feasting on foliage and leaving yards in the Dallas-Fort Worth area covered in silk. Scientists attribute the outbreak to recent heavy rains.

A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, as the outbreak continues to swell.