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Rebels in eastern Zaire now control the country's second city, Lubumbashi (LOO bum BAH shee). They have offered a three-day truce to let President Mobutu step aside. He has not made a reply, but the people of Kinshasa believe the nation will soon be ruled by the insurgents.

rudder control problems on Boeing 737 jet airliners. Boeing is cooperating with the Federal Aviation Administration to determine whether rudders on 737's are susceptible to jamming, which potentially could cause a dangerous uncommanded swing of the rudder.

46-year long civil war can be ended on December 29th, as scheduled. Guatemala's government and a coalition of leftist rebels have agreed to meet on that date in Guatemala City and sign a peace accord. Preparations are being delayed by both sides.

The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 mandated that the government start tracking sexual abuse within the prison system. The first report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics says the government substantiated nearly 2,100 incidents of sexual violence in 2004.

Kentucky’s General Fund receipts increased by more than 5 percent in September, thanks in part to a big increase in corporate income tax revenue. Those…

By Tony McVeighFrankfort, KY – Only about 56 percent of Kentucky schools met their goals under the federal No Child Left Behind Act last school year. The…

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics -- an American, Edward C. Prescott, and Finn E. Kydland of Norway.

Responding to a wave of recent food and product recalls, the Bush administration has announced an initiative to expand the authority of federal regulatory agencies.

House Democratic leaders have a plan to add unemployment benefits and education funding for veterans to President Bush's war funding bill.

The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has seen an increase in suspected fraud reports in the past year.Comptroller spokesperson Blake Fontenay says a…