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  • Beshear Calls Special Election to Fill Legislative Seat
    Governor Steve Beshear today set a special election date to fill a vacant legislative seat in the 82nd House district. Rep. Dewayne Bunch resigned his…
  • Penn State's Interim President: 'My Heart Aches'
    The alleged sexual abuse of young boys by a former assistant football coach is "a tragedy," Rodney Erickson added, and "it will take all of us some time to come to grips with the full magnitude of the damage that has been done."
  • The Bay State Winds feature, from left to right, TSgt. Christy Bailes, SSgt. Matthew Ayala, MSgt. Jennifer Dashnaw and MSgt. Kevin Connors
    Honoring Veterans With A Military Clarinet Quartet
    The Air Force's Bay State Winds Clarinet Quartet joins Terry Gross for a discussion of military ensembles. The group also performs several songs in tribute to the men and women who've served in the armed forces.
  • <p>Army flight medics work on a Marine who was wounded by an improvised explosive device, or IED, in southern Afghanistan.</p>
    Treating Soldiers With Severe Combat Wounds
    More soldiers are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with wounds that would have been fatal a decade ago. The injuries have led to advances in combat medicine but have challenged the health care systems meant to help veterans back home. War reporter David Wood talks with Fresh Air about the hurdles facing these troops and their families.
  • Poll: Cain, Romney, Gingrich Tied; Most In GOP Unfazed By Harassment Charges
    "Volatile" is one of the words that probably best describes the race for the Republican presidential nomination and a new CBS News poll captures that flux. The national poll indicates a three-way tie, showing Herman Cain at 18 percent and Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich at 15 percent each.
  • A bride (Kirsten Dunst, with Alexander Skarsgard and Charlotte Gainsbourg) battles depression — and the possible end of the world — in <em>Melancholia.</em>
    As The World Ends, A Certain 'Melancholia' Sets In
    Lars von Trier's Melancholia stars Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg as sisters who undergo a psychological transformation as disaster approaches. Critic David Edelstein says the film is a sublime fusion of form and content with a truly Wagnerian climax. (Recommended)
  • Candlelight Tour Returns to Frankfort
    Christmas lights were strung through the trees. Winter displays were set in most storefront windows. Horses pulling carriages clomped through…
  • Vote Indicates Public Support for Smoking Ban
    Bowling Green City Commissioner Brian “Slim” Nash said he believes voters sent a message in Tuesday’s election: Citizens are satisfied with the city’s…
  • Veterans at ease in front of Powell Student Center at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond.
    At Ease: EKU Leads National Celebration
    Eastern Kentucky University was among more than 180 colleges and universities to observe the Remembrance Day National Roll Call. Starting early this…
  • Jerry Lee Lewis, a pianist Isacoff classifies as a 'combustible,' performs at the Rainbow in London in 1972.
    The Subspecies Of Pianists, Or, What Jerry Lee Lewis And Beethoven Share
    In a new book, pianist, composer and author Stuart Isacoff proposes an aural taxonomy of pianists.
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