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In less than a month, more than 20 million Americans will face surging healthcare costs as tax credits through the Affordable Care Act are set to expire if Congress doesn't act. Premium hikes will top 90% in many rural areas. Even those NOT receiving tax credits will feel it. Americans covered by employer healthcare plans, are expected to see the largest increase in premiums 15 years.

David Greenberger reviews the new CD from the Chicago band The Pinetop Seven -- the CD is called Bringing Home the Last Great Strike. {The Pinetop Seven has been around for five years, and has had several changes in its line-up since then. But the core sound of the band -- quirky instrumentation, drawn on varied musical traditions -- remains the same, thanks to Darren Richard, who has written all the songs, and sings them. The band's music is full of juxtepositions -- intimate and vast, richly layered and stark -- and Greenberger tells us the sound is timeless and utterly modern at once.} (3:00) Bringing Home the Last Great Strike, by The Pinetop Seven, is on Truckstop Records, from Chicago. The band's Web site is http://www.pinetopseven.com.

Host Lynn Neary talks to Sherrie Tucker author of Swing Shift: All-Girl Bands of the 1940's and former trumpet player Clora Bryant. The book gives the history and first hand accounts of the "all-girl" big bands of the World War II era. (7:19) Sherrie Tucker's book, Swing Shift: All-Girl Bands of the 1940's is published by Duke Univ Pr (Txt); ISBN: 08223

The British alternative rock band from the 1980s and 90s is enjoying a revival, thanks to contemporary bands who were inspired by The Cure. Mikel Jollett says he's not too fond of the band's new self-titled album, but considers it a sign he's getting older.

Pakistanis who endured Tuesday's strong earthquake that killed hundreds of people felt another quake Saturday in a remote area of Baluchistan province. The quake struck less than 20 miles from Tuesday's 7.7-magnitude event.

The increase pushed sales of previously owned homes to their highest level since November 2009. The data from the National Association of Realtors are another sign that the housing sector has bounced back.

Four of the people injured were teenagers. "It's just another case of wanton and senseless violence that we can't get our brains around," the city's police commissioner said.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Rep. Raskin is one of the people Biden pardoned before he left office. Raskin says it's strange to be pardoned for doing his job.