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From now through Feb. 14, the City of Lubbock is accepting applications for its Junior Ambassador Program, offering students a week of cultural experiences in its sister city in Japan this summer. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more on the program, which you can sign up for at mylubbock.us/JrAmbassador. Tonight, the Lubbock Planning and Zoning Commission is expected to vote on whether or not to recommend a zoning change. Our Samantha Larned explains this would open up the possibility of a new student housing development at the site of the former Godbold building.

Texas voters will decide on 14 propositions that could change the state’s constitution. One item will include the creation of a Broadband Infrastructure Fund, our reporter Brad Burt has more on how that could help the more than 40,000 west Texans without high-speed internet. And new U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows Texas has the second highest rate in the nation of people struggling to put food on the table. KERA's Christopher Connelly reports only Arkansas has a bigger portion of its population facing hunger.

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health is one of many federal agencies that saw significant layoffs this spring. As Harvest Public Media’s Hope Kirwan reports, the cuts have gutted farm safety research and education programs across the country. To commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, the Silent Wings Museum will be offering free admission this weekend from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Tomorrow, Keep Lubbock Beautiful and Lubbock Compact are hosting community cleanup events. The Chatman Hill neighborhood cleanup is from 8 A.M. to 12 P.M. at 902 East 28th Street. And the Aztlan Park cleanup is from 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. at 1019 1st Place.

The premise of the Netflix game show may be simple, but the gurgling goop is not. The magma is the result of months of work by Hollywood's top slime manufacturers. Fun fact: It smells like bubble gum.

The executive director and CEO of the Screen Actors Guild, Robert Pisano, has been sued by some members of the union because Pisano is also on the board of directors of the DVD rental company Netflix. Some wonder how he can accurately represent actors who are trying to negotiate DVD residuals when Netflix is so cozy with the studios. Iris Mann reports (6:15)

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

The cost of the 2012 election will top a record $6 billion, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. If you find it difficult to visualize that figure, here are a few other ways to think about what $6 billion could buy.

Apple is entering the video-streaming race, taking on Netflix, Disney and others with a new monthly subscription of $4.99. The company also announced new iPhones, as their sales have been slowing.

This year has seen an explosion of professional online videos, eclipsing home videos of cats and babies. In 2012, 8 of the top 10 YouTube videos were professional — and Hulu, Netflix and multichannel networks like MiTu all produced exclusive new programming.

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.