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Six steers broke out from a slaughterhouse — dodging officials during a five-hour chase. The St Louis Post-Dispatch reports instead of returning to the slaughterhouse, they will go to a sanctuary.

Kentucky middle and high school students are eating better, according to a Department of Education report. The Kentucky Youth Risk Behavior Survey…

Frisco, Texas, approved funding for the museum. The Dallas Morning News reports visitors will be able to build their own versions of Pong, a big game in the 70s.

New research raises alarms about quakes near Cushing, Okla., home to the country's largest oil hub. No damage has been reported, but operators at the hub are on alert.

The Daily Mirror reports the couple wanted to stay handcuffed until they married. Instead, they lasted 123 days. The couple have now broken up.

From Virginia to Florida, there are reports of long lines and shuttered gas stations, as drivers go from pump to pump.

One of the many ways political parties can work around campaign spending limits is through the imaginative use of state political parties, which in some cases have fewer limits and fewer disclosure laws to comply with. Many state parties receive large contributions from major corporations which are more interested in helping the national party than a particular state. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the intricate world of state party finances.

Today is the day groups planning to protest at the Republican National Convention this summer can get their protest permits, and some have had representatives waiting in line since 4 a.m. Monday. Groups are vying for 55-minute time slots during the convention to protest at a site near the convention hall. However, the American Civil Liberties Union announced today it would file a suit, arguing that the site is not close enough. Carrie Kahn of member station KPBS reports.

NPR's Neal Conan reports that security at a military facility that was bombed yesterday in Saudi Arabia had been stepped up following a truck bomb attack in Riyadh seven months ago. The fuel truck carrying yesterday's bomb did not penetrate the security perimeter around the housing complex, but the explosion was so large that hundreds of people were killed and injured. Security outside the facility is the responsibility of Saudi authorities, and questions are now being asked about what has been regarded as a very efficient police and military security system.

GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole today criticized Clinton administration policies toward Russia and Bosnia in a speech to the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. Dole said Clinton's policies have encouraged the emergence of hard-line forces in Russia and the former senator said he hoped current Russian President Boris Yeltsin would win re-election in his race against Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov (zyoo-GAHN-ov). NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.