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A Miami man captured a small alligator, took it to a store and offered to trade it for a 12-pack. His attempt made news on Chicago TV, where an anchor tried to tell the story. Instead, he started laughing uncontrollably.

Before becoming the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power was a journalist who wrote about stopping genocide. Now she's visiting a country where there's fear of one. Fighting between Muslims and Christians has killed nearly 1,000 people.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says he wants to raise Illinois' minimum wage to at least $10 by Christmas of next year.The Chicago Democrat who's seeking…

Illinois officials and local law enforcement agencies are planning roadside checks to kick off their holiday safe-driving campaign.The Illinois Department…

Kentucky's courts are taking a step toward making electronic case filing a reality statewide.The first electronic filings were accepted this week in…

The bluegrass band The Traveling Kind performs Monday night at 7 at the Badgett Playhouse in Grand Rivers. Tickets are $10 per person and are available at…

In a pair of responses to discovery requests, Legislative Research Commission employees Yolanda Costner and Cassaundra Cooper allege that Rep. Sannie…

Linguist Geoff Nunberg says he feels a little defensive about choosing "selfie" — a word that wears its ephemerality on its outstretched sleeve — as the word of 2013. But not only was this a year when we couldn't stop posting photos of ourselves online; we couldn't stop talking about it either.

In a sequel, Ron Burgundy makes the leap from local to national news. "We felt like we needed to jack up the stakes," says director and co-writer Adam McKay. He and star Will Ferrell join Terry Gross to talk about making movies — and that epic 'stache.

Washington took two big steps toward more normal times. First, the Federal Reserve said it will modestly taper down its easy-money program. And then Congress completed the first bipartisan budget agreement in years. But some other obstacles loom.