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By Rebecca FeldhausKnoxville, TN – Murray State University president Dr. Randy Dunn is out of the running for the University of Tennessee's presidential…

Fresh Air's arbiter of things filmic offers his annual year-end movies wrap-up. This time, his Top 10 list has 11 entries, as the number-nine slot features a tie. At the top: Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

By Carrie PondCarbondale, IL – Southern Illinois University officials say the cost for storm repairs and clean-up at the Carbondale campus could top $5…

By APMurray, KY – The Murray State Racers Men's basketball team has climbed two spots in the latest Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll.…

By Associated PressSpringfield, IL – Illinois has applied for the chance to win $70 million in federal early childhood education funding. Gov. Pat Quinn…

Governor Steve Beshear is announcing today a $41 million in ‘Race to the Top’ education grant to cooperatives of Kentucky school districts. The grant is…

Every year, research firm CB Insights offers up a report on the fastest growing and most highly valued private companies in technology — basically, the ones most likely to go public. Audie Cornish speaks with Anand Sanwal, CB Insights' CEO, for a look at the top tech IPO's expected in 2014.

Bente Birkeland has covered Colorado politics and government since spring of 2006. She loves the variety and challenge of the state capitol beat and talking to people from all walks of life. Bente's work has aired on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, American PublicMedia'sMarketplace, and she was a contributor for WNYC's The Next Big Thing. She has won numerous local and national awards, including best beat reporting from the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors. Bente grew up in Minnesota and England, and loves skiing, hiking, and is an aspiring cello player. She lives in Lakewood with her husband.

Scott Simon speaks with Melissa Kuypers, manager of operations at NPR West, about the 1986 movie "Top Gun," which she had never seen before.

When film companies report their opening weekend box office figures, they often include what are called "previews." 'T'wasn't always thus.