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NPR's Jack Speer reports on another disappointing jobs report. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday that business payrolls rose by 21,000 in February -- much weaker than the 125,000 new jobs economists were expecting. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.6 percent, but it was the number of workers who gave up on finding a job that kept the unemployment rate from going up.

The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday will release a 500-page report outlining extensive U.S. intelligence failures in Iraq. Sources say the report largely faults the CIA. Although Democrats signed off on the full report, they are disappointed it doesn't evaluate how Bush administration officials used intelligence prior to the Iraq invasion. Hear NPR's David Welna.

has named economist Pat Choht as his running mate and Vice Presidential choice. Choht will meet with reporters today.

The former assistant secretary at the Illinois Department of Transportation says a report on improper hiring at the agency mischaracterizes what he told…

The CBS report released this week has not put an end to the questions and criticisms of the flawed story on President Bush's National Guard service and how CBS handled the firestorm caused by the story. NPR's David Folkenflik reports.

After a Justice Department report ridiculed the city's government, a number of key Ferguson, Mo., officials resigned, including the powerful city manager and the police chief.

A part of the sun has broken off and was swept up in a polar vortex. Scientists say it's not as dangerous as it sounds.

A Senate panel released a redacted synopsis of the 7,000 page report. Copies of the full classified report sent to federal agencies have gone unread. Some fear the report may never be made public.

By Dave Washburnhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-989634.mp3Murray, KY – Hi, Dave Washburn here, with the FLW Outdoors…

Since 2006, 40,000 people have been murdered in Mexico as drug cartels battle each other and the Mexican military. Journalist Ioan Grillo traces how Mexico came to control drug trafficking in El Narco.