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Paducah's New Mayor Ready To Get To Work

In the 1970s, Dolly McNutt, Paducah’s first female mayor, was a frequent customer at The New Woman, a beauty salon owned by Gayle Kaler. Roughly 40 years…

Gov. Beshear Orders State Office Flags to Half Staff

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has ordered flags at all state office buildings to half staff until next Friday in honor of the victims in this morning’s…

Paul Expects Deal on Fiscal Cliff to Include Top 2 Percent Tax

Kentucky U. S. Senator Rand Paul says he expects any deal made to avoid the so-called Fiscal Cliff will include tax increases on the top 2 percent. The…

President Obama wipes his eye as he speaks during a press conference at the White House following the shooting in a Connecticut elementary school that left several dead, including children.

Transcript: President Obama's Remarks On Conn. School Shootings

In an emotional address, the president responded Friday to a mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. At least 20 children are among the dead, according to state police.

Gov. Bill Haslam speaks to reporters after announcing in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday that that he had decided against creating a state-run health insurance exchange. The Republican governor said he will leave it to the federal government to run the marketplace.

Most States Punt Health Exchanges To The Feds

Only 17 states and the District of Columbia have proposed running their own insurance markets. Experts had expected mostly small states to seek federal help, but some of the nation's largest have said they will not run an exchange on their own.

Kentucky Lawmaker Comments on Connecticut Shootings

Kentucky's Senior U. S. Senator Mitch McConnell commented today on the shootings that killed more than 20 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School. “We are…

A woman holds a child as people line up to enter the Newtown Methodist Church near the scene of the elementary school shootings in Newtown, Conn.

How To Talk To Your Kids About The Conn. Shootings

Doctors say parents should limit children's exposure to media coverage of disasters, like the mass shooting in Connecticut. Kids, especially older ones, will have questions, and it's fine for parents to answer them. But keep the answers simple and make sure they come with ample reassurance.

Mourners gather for a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., on Friday night.

Small Town Tries To Cope With Unimaginable Tragedy

Newtown, Conn., is the kind of place where the biggest thing that happens is the Labor Day parade. Now, that peace has been shattered and residents are trying to make sense of what happened after a gunman opened fire in an elementary school, killing at least 20 children and six adults.

The Lathrop Homes, pictured here in 2006, are part of the latest revamp effort by the Chicago Housing Authority.

A Vision For Chicago Public Housing, Stymied And Contested

The city's Plan for Transformation aims to diversify public-housing units, adding a mix of market-rate and subsidized residences. But the project, one of the country's most closely watched public housing experiments, has been hampered by the flailing economy and faces protests from people living in the units.

Argh, it's on the tip of my tongue! Contestants in the Names and Faces competition focus at last year's World Memory Championships held in Guangzhou, China. A new field of mental athletes is currently vying for the 2012 championship.

Ready. Set. Memorize!

There's no place for chronic misplacers of keys at the 21st World Memory Championships under way in London. About 75 competitors from some two dozen countries are vying to see who can memorize the most numbers, faces, playing cards or random words in a set amount of time in this "mnemonic Olympiad."

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