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Congratulations to ticket-winners: Rachel English, Laynie Mitchell and Judy Vance. Have a great time seeing Ira Glass in Nashville! "Reinventing Radio: An…

On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a volcano has become active after centuries of silence. Huge eruptions have been occurring for about three months and more than a dozen people were killed over the weekend. For an update, Steve Inskeep talks to Ben Otto, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal in Jakarta.

The Senate is heading toward final passage of a five-year, half-trillion dollar farm bill Tuesday afternoon. Proponents are pointing to its elimination of direct subsidies and replacement with crop insurance. But critics say crop insurance continues to provide overly generous subsidies to even wealthy corporate farms.

Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes says increasing the federal minimum wage would be at the top of her agenda if she's elected to the U.S.…

The four candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Illinois governor are set to debate before two business groups.The Illinois Manufacturers'…

Kentucky's community colleges will use new tuition fees to pay for improvements to campuses across the commonwealth.The sixteen colleges of the Kentucky…

From NPR: Why do states have strong concentrations of liberals and conservatives? Why isn't there more mixing? New research explores the answer to these…

Thursday’s the deadline for gifted and talented students to register for Super Saturdays at Murray State. The three-week program provides kids grades K-6…

The highly publicized debate scheduled for Tuesday in Northern Kentucky between Creation Museum president Ken Ham and science educator/television...

After a long and closely watched CEO search, Microsoft has tapped Satya Nadella, an insider and 22-year veteran of the company. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down as chairman and will help Nadella shape technology and product development.