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  • Roland Jahn, a former East German dissident, is now Germany's federal commissioner of the Stasi archives. His agency is painstakingly piecing together the shredded documents of the former East German secret police. Jahn is shown here in March 2011 at a former Stasi prison at Berlin-Hohenschoenhausen.
    Piecing Together 'The World's Largest Jigsaw Puzzle'
    As the Berlin Wall was coming down, East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, tore up millions of files. More than two decades later, the vast array of secret papers collected by the Stasi is still in huge demand. Archivists are now using groundbreaking computer technology to reconstruct those files.
  • Debt Focused Group to Inform Voters Before VP Debate
    A national nonpartisan group that encourages politicians to work together to address the country’s national debt plans to make its mark on this week’s…
  • President Hugo Chavez waves a Venezuelan flag as he greets supporters at the Miraflores presidential palace balcony in Caracas on Sunday. Chavez won re-election and a new endorsement of his socialist project Sunday, surviving his closest race yet after a bitter campaign against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
    Chavez Wins Another Term As Venezuela's President
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has beaten his most serious political challenge in years. He defeated a young former governor handily in Sunday's presidential election. With this victory, Chavez has another six years to consolidate his socialist system in the country with the world's largest oil reserves.
  • Tenn. Voter Registration Deadline Monday
    Today is the last day Tennesseans can register to vote. Despite the Columbus Day holiday, election offices will be open today in all but two of the…
  • John B. Gurdon (left) and Shinya Yamanaka will share the prize, worth about $1.2 million.
    Nobel Winners Unlocked Cells' Unlimited Potential
    John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka discovered that every cell in our body — from skin and heart to brain and lung — can reinvent itself and become any other cell type. These stem cells have vast potential for drug development, for many diseases, like Alzheimer's, muscular dystrophy and diabetes.
  • Interim Joint Education Committee at MSU
    Members of the Kentucky Interim Joint Committee on Education meet today at Murray State University. Legislators are on campus today to hear presentations…
  • TVA Becoming Less Coal Dependent
    The Tennessee Valley Authority's reliance on coal has dropped and the use of natural gas as fuel to generate electricity has increased. The Commercial…
  • Three Regional Schools Get or Renew Accreditation
    Three area school systems have achieved voluntary school accreditation. Graves County Schools and Marshall County Schools have first-time accreditation…
  • Datebook: October 8 - Cats Debuts on Broadway 30 Years Ago
    The 2nd-longest running show on Broadway made it's debut on this day in 1982. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats began its 18-year run, telling the story of a…
  • Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled since 1986, speaks in January at Uganda's Makarere University in the capital Kampala. Uganda celebrates a half-century of independence next month, and Museveni has ruled for more than half of that time.
    Uganda's Leader: 26 Years In Power, No Plans To Quit
    The man who seized power in Uganda decrying other African leaders who overstayed their welcome has now been in office for 26 years. As the country turns 50, more and more Ugandans say their president has grown autocratic as he clings to power.
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