SOUNDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND

Independent artists listen up! Every Monday and Friday at 2:45pm we feature a new unsigned artist we think is someone you should hear. If you would like to submit your material please e-mail us at wcrxdj@colum.edu. If you are chosen, we will contact you - Please, no phone calls or follow up e-mails!

FEATURED ARTIST

Yawn

AP NEWS

Uzbek man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A man from Uzbekistan who pleaded guilty Friday to plotting to kill President Barack Obama with an automatic rifle claimed he was acting at the direction of an Islamic terror group in his home country....

Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead....

APNewsBreak: Satellite spots tanks in Syrian city

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) -- Satellite image provider DigitalGlobe Inc. released photos Friday that appear to show Syrian army tanks and other armored vehicles in the city of Homs....

Wi opens up 3-shot lead at Pebble

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- On a day when sunshine gave way to a light rain, two things stayed the same Friday at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Charlie Wi was still atop the leaderboard, and Tiger Woods didn't hole enough putts to make up ground....

WCRX NEWS + EVENTS

Create: The Essay is BACK!

For the fourth semester in a row, the WCRX-FM Production Team is working with the Columbia College Chicago English Department to create audio essays. Writers work with instructors to create personal essays on a topic of their choosing and submit their works by Saturday April 7th to be considered in the Spring 2012 round.