SARASOTA A taste for the obscure is a useful trait for fans of Sarasota Opera. The company is up to No. 26 in its Verdi cycle (he composed 28 operas, several of which have multiple versions) with this year's staging of the little-known Giovanna d'Arco. Verdi's seventh opera, premiered in 1845, it tells the Joan of Arc story, but with an unexpected twist. In the libretto by Temistocle Solera ...

Here's a look at the Top 10 songs being played on The Planet, 92.7 and 98.5-FM.

Here are the top 10 songs currently being played on WKEE 100.5-FM. Listen live anytime at www.wkee.com .

Here are the top 10 songs from Casey Kasem's American Top 40 that originally aired on March 12, 1983. The show will be rebroadcast on Magic 97.9-FM at noon Sunday, March 14.

Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary is looking for volunteers to help with its 2010 osprey census and invites interested Cape Codders to a presentation and ?pep rally? at 7 p.m. Thursday at the sanctuary's visitors' center.

Here are the Top 10 CDs sold this past week at Now Hear This. For more information, call the store at 304-522-0021.

Here are the top 10 songs currently being played on WTCR 103.3-FM. To listen to a 24/7 stream on the Web, go online at www.wtcr.com .

LEXINGTON, Ky. ? Grammy Award winner Wynonna Judd has agreed to participate in the opening ceremonies of the World Equestrian Games this fall in Lexington.

CONYERS ? It?s a busy week for some of the large bands in Rockdale County high schools. For the past several months, the bands at Heritage, Rockdale County and Salem high schools have been preparing for annual evaluations and festival performances.

LAS CRUCES ? The USS New Mexico, the nation's newest nuclear submarine, will be commissioned later this month.