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We're using numbers to highlight some of the stories of 2013. We look now at the situation in Iraq and the number is 6,639. Steve Inkseep talks to William Dunlop of Agence France-Presse, which has been compiling numbers of those killed and wounded in Iraq.

President Obama and his family are vacationing in Hawaii and Congress is in recess until early next year. As members left town, it was in a less contentious mood than in the last several years. But next year brings challenges that are likely to test whatever good will is now in the air.

Five people have been killed in flooding caused by a strong storm system that swept through most of Kentucky over the weekend, authorities said Sunday.In…

Tennessee is one of three states receiving a million dollar grant to increase on-time college completion rates.The Tennessee Board of Regents announced…

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear says the state’s implementation of the federal health care law is one of his administration's top accomplishments in…

Updated: 1:27 p.m.A deadline for Kentuckians to enroll in a health insurance plan through the state exchange is tomorrow.Kentuckians will have until…

Many students prepare for the SAT by drilling themselves on esoteric, arcane and recondite words — like esoteric, arcane and recondite. Linguist Geoff Nunberg doesn't discourage these efforts, but he does have a word of caution: memorizing a definition is hardly the same as learning a new word.

Two new shows from Netflix -- House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black — changed the TV landscape, but Bianculli's top pick for 2013 is AMC's Breaking Bad. "It ended as brilliantly as it began," he says. "I'm so grateful for that series."

Refugees from Iraq, Nepal and the Congo are being introduced to the way Americans celebrate the holidays — and the way Americans consume electricity.

Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park hosts its “First Day” hikes January 1st at 10, noon, and 2. Each hike lasts about 90 minutes and is led by the park…