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David O. Russell, director of American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook, first spoke with Terry Gross back in 1994. On Thursday, he tells her that after 20 years, he's finally met his aspirations.

Audie Cornish and Robert Siegel read emails from listeners about the rock salt shortage, the Olympic sport of curling and a proposal for a brand-new sport fit for winter: "ice walking."

A Murray State University professor is following the protests in Ukraine closely as his daughter is in the middle of Kiev filming a documentary about the…

Gov. Steve Beshear is launching a new initiative aimed at improving Kentucky’s health outcomes over the next five years.The initiative, KyHealthNow, will…

Starting Thursday, three American Indian tribes can prosecute non-Indians for some domestic violence crimes. The change stems from a provision included in the Violence Against Women Act.

A study finds part of the reason people love Lady Gaga and Vincent Van Gogh is that these are very eccentric artists, and people have strong, unconscious stereotypes that eccentric artists are better.

Sometimes the job of selling cookies is outsourced to parents, and a recent opinion article in The Washington Post criticized that practice. It says parents should sell with their kids not for them.

The diamond worth $180,000 was swiped from a jewelry store by a man who fled on a bicycle. They're pretty sure he swallowed the loot. But they need firm evidence.

Among others, actors have thanked Oprah, Sidney Poitier and Meryl Streep. According to Slate, Streep was thanked more often than God at the Academy Awards.

Legislation that would allow those with concealed carry permits to carry weapons into bars and restaurants is on its way to the Kentucky House. The Senate…