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  • Holley Mangold successfully completes the 145 kilogram "clean and jerk" lift at the trials for the U.S. Olympic women's weightlifting team in March. Mangold came to weightlifting after trying her hand at several other sports.
    At Last, Superheavyweight Finds Her Olympic Niche
    Athletic since she was a toddler, Holley Mangold has been dreaming of Olympic glory for nearly as long. It took the onetime football star years to find the sport that would take her to the Olympics. Now 22, 350-pound Mangold has qualified for the U.S. women's Olympic weightlifting team.
  • South Bend, Ind., used to be a company town, but it never quite recovered from the closure of Studebaker in 1963. Today, areas of town are turning around, such as Union Station, which now houses a tech center.
    A Company Town Reinvents Itself In South Bend, Ind.
    South Bend is well known as the home of the University of Notre Dame. But locals know it's more than just a college town. It used to be a company town until car manufacturer Studebaker closed its plant in 1963, leaving a gaping economic hole. Now, South Bend is working to create a second act for its commercial life.
  • Kenya's HIV Challenge: Easing Stigma For Gay Men
    HIV rates among men who have gay sex in Kenya are three times higher than the national average. To curb those high transmission rates, health workers must first convince gay men to be open about their sex lives in a country where coming out of the closet can mean discrimination, violence and even jail.
  • The U.S. Supreme Court took on a number of high-profile cases this term, including the decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act.
    Supreme Court Has A Term To Remember
    In the last 10 days alone, the high court created a storm of historic headlines. For the first time in recent memory, liberals prevailed in most of the high-profile cases, from the Affordable Care Act to the Arizona immigration law. But nobody expects that to continue.
  • Kentucky College Assistance Program Wins Award
    A Kentucky program geared toward helping college students make it to the finish line has won a national award. The program, Project Graduate has been in…
  • Weather Advisory Extended
    An excessive heat warning for the region has been extended yet again, and is now in effect until 7 pm Saturday. The highest afternoon heat index values…
  • Is The Jobs Report A 'Kick In the Gut'?
    Presumed GOP nominee Mitt Romney calls the June employment report that showed 80,000 jobs created "another kick in the gut to middle class families." Host Michel Martin speaks with two of Tell Me More's regular politicos, Democrat Corey Ealons and Republican Ron Christie, about how these figures could affect the race for the White House.
  • Datebook: July 6 - Bayonet Constitution Signed 125 Years Ago
    King David Kalakaua faced a tough predicament on this day in 1887, when he was "persuaded" sign over Hawaii to the United States by threat of force. The…
  • Conservati?ve Kentucky Think Tank Starts Political Action Committee
    A new conservative think tank in Kentucky is expanding its political influence outside of its usual lobbying efforts.The Commonwealth Policy Center is a…
  • Pseudoephe?drine Limits Go Into Effect This Thursday
    On Thursday, dozens of laws passed in this year'?s legislative session will become active.One of those laws limits the amount of pseudoephedrine a person…
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