Michael McCarthy

For the past week, Soundcheck listeners have weighed in with their favorites in four Grammy categories. Today we announce the results of our online poll. Later, we ask professional poker player and music fan Matt Lessinger how he'll bet on the Grammys. And USA Today reporter and columnist Michael McCarthy ...

Michael McCarthy reports on the incredible real-life story of an Illinois corn farmer who was so badly burned that only his feet--protected by new steel-toe boots--escaped injury. And he explains the extraordinary medical care the accident inspired, in The Sun Farmer.

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