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Ky schools participate in teacher evaluation program

By Angela HattonFrankfort, KY – The Kentucky Department of Education expects to select around 20 school systems to be part of a teacher evaluation pilot…

Credit Cards Frozen at Cities Group

By APLexington, KY – The Kentucky League of Cities has suspended credit card use by the group's top officials following a newspaper investigation into its…

National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley

The President meets regularly with his top advisers about the security situation in Iraq. His National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley attends these meetings. He talks with Steve Inskeep about what the president wants to know, and what he needs to know.

White House political adviser Karl Rove leaves the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., after testifying for the fourth time before a federal grand jury investigating the CIA leak case, Oct. 14. He declined to comment on the proceedings.

Rove Concludes Testimony in CIA Leak Case

President Bush's top strategist, Karl Rove, spends four hours testifying in his fourth and final appearance before a grand jury investigating who exposed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame.

Kentucky Universities Push Senators on Immigration

The presidents of Kentucky's public universities have signed a letter urging the state's U.S. senators to help overhaul the immigration system.The letter,…

Customers line up for farmers market produce on a corner in Washington, D.C., where people eat more fruits and veggies than in many states.

Fruit And Veggies Linked To Lower Obesity Rates In New State Fat Rankings

The nation's heaviest states of 2011 are Mississippi, Louisiana, and W. Virginia. But in the thinnest states, more people report eating five fruit and veggie servings a day and report getting more exercise.

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner at the White House on Nov. 16. Administration officials say the two men met Sunday to discuss the "fiscal cliff."

Obama, Boehner Meet At White House Over 'Fiscal Cliff'

The closed-door meeting between the two men may be the first positive signs in days that negotiations may be moving forward. Meanwhile, a top Republican said Senate Republicans could agree to higher taxes on the richest Americans if it meant getting a chance to overhaul entitlement programs.

An aerial tramway car fell to the ground in Northern Italy Sunday, killing 14 and leaving a child in the hospital. The cable line appeared to have snapped, but the cause hasn't yet been determined.

In The Italian Cable Car Disaster, Investigators Are Looking At Possible Manslaughter

A cable pulling an aerial tram to the top of a mountain appeared to have snapped, causing the car to swing into a pylon before falling to the ground and rolling several times, killing 14 people.

Grower Duffy Gardner of Cabot, Vt., sets up his produce stand in front of the statehouse in Montpelier in 2006.

Vermont Bests The Nation In Local Chow

Vermont tops the nation when it comes to locally produced food, according to a new ranking from the nonprofit Strolling of the Heifers. Having farmers markets, CSA programs and distribution systems all helps.

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, left, will face Republican nominee Herschel Walker in November.

Herschel Walker easily wins Georgia's Republican Senate primary

Walker topped a handful of rivals, according to a race call by The Associated Press. He will face Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in November.

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