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Every election season, the political signs that sprout like dandelions from lawns across America also pop up at more than a few businesses. For some, expressing political preferences is a calculated move to attract customers. But it can just as easily turn them away.

Tim Pawlenty's resignation as co-chairman of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign comes less than seven weeks before Election Day and during a bad stretch for the candidate.

A former hedge fund manager-turned-philanthropist is donating millions of dollars to challenge the conventional wisdom about what makes us fat. The Nutrition Science Initiative says new research will make it possible to significantly lower obesity rates by 2020.

But White House spokesman Jay Carney stopped short of saying the attacks were planned in advance.

Samuel Mullet Sr. insisted his actions and those of his followers were protected religious activity. But a jury agreed with prosecutors that the incidents were hate crimes. Mullet and his followers could each be sentenced to 10 years in prison.

A state report released late last week says at least 22 Kentucky children died in the past fiscal year as a result of abuse and neglect. But the annual…

Democratic leaders in the Tennessee legislature are calling for all state lawmakers to undergo diversity and sensitivity training. They point to insulting…

Today on NPR:The end of the Labor Day holiday marks the beginning of the 2012 Presidential race's last lap.In Kentucky:A new report says 22 children died…

One of the twin space probes launched 35 years ago has traveled more than 11 billion miles. The Voyager probes were originally slated just to examine Jupiter and Saturn during a five-year trip.

A USDA report shows that 18 million households are struggling with the lingering effects of the recession. Particularly hard hit are households with children headed by single mothers who may be working but aren't earning enough to get by without assistance.