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Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews "Vivaldi: 6 Cello Sonatas," by Peter Wispelwey and Florilegium (Channel Classics).

The poet W.B. Yeats was born 150 years ago this week. In rural Ireland, a nun whose family has a personal history with the poet has turned a one-room schoolhouse into a small Yeats museum.

William Webster served as CIA director under president George H.W. Bush. — a man who previously held that post. NPR's Michel Martin asks Webster why Bush is so revered for his time at the agency.

The video game retailer's shares shoot up, the online broker Robinhood struggles for cash and securities regulators issue a stern warning for anyone trying to game the market.

At the time of the accident, the CDC didn't have a standard for how much of the coal-cleaning chemical is safe in drinking water. So the agency had to come up with one.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Andrew Natsios, former head of USAID under President George W. Bush, about the dismantling of the international aid agency.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews two novels from the series,"Old School Books" (W.W. Norton): 1) "The Angry Ones" by John A. Williams (1960) and 2) "The Scene" by Clarence Cooper, Jr. (1960). "Old School Books" is a reprint series of black pulp novels originally published between the mid 1950s and the 1970s.

Huntington Mayor Steven Williams tells Renee Montagne they have been coping with many of the issues researchers say contribute to the reported increase in death rates for middle-aged white Americans.

De Klerk shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, and ceded the presidency to him in 1994 after Black South Africans were allowed to vote. But he's remained a controversial figure there.

Ann Powers picks her favorite chart-topping, radio-dominating songs of 2012.