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The 8-bit video game console Nintendo Entertainment System launched in Japan on this day in 1983. The Famicom (as it's called in Japan) was 14,800 yen…

George Van Eps was a swing and jazz guitarist, often referred to as "the father of the seven string guitar.' Tuning his seven string to a low A, the…

A look at the turnout numbers for the midterm elections.

The former chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party will be sent to federal prison on November 30th.

A Louisville man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced in relation to Riot Act violations.

An overproduction of grapes in California and Europe, and a falling demand for expensive wine, have given way to tumbling wine prices. Michele Norris talks with Linda Murphy, who writes the weekly "Bargain Wine" column for the San Francisco Chronicle. Murphy says there are deals to be had.

President Bush makes a surprise visit to Baghdad to visit Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The president told the new leader and his Cabinet that the future of Iraq is in its citizens' hands, and that it's in the interest of the United States that the mission in Iraq succeeds.

Mark Englehart plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Ford Motor Company CEO Bill Ford says the automaker will cut up to 30,000 North American jobs by 2012. The moves are part of a restructuring plan that will see a number of manufacturing plants close, as well.