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  • Court of Appeals Dismisses Case Against City
    The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling against Bowling Green Police Department Sgt. Shawn Helbig in his whistle-blower lawsuit…
  • Stewart David Nozette, who had high-level security clearances during decades of government work, admitted in federal court that he tried to sell classified information to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli spy. He faces a sentence of 13 years in prison as part of a plea deal.
  • Discerning real tips from the merely suspicious or paranoid reports submitted to law enforcement is sometimes more of an art than a science.
  • In an interview, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says that despite the fact that President Obama campaigned against Bush policies, he's ended up supporting them because "they couldn't think of a better solution."
  • The biggest challenges facing Leon Panetta: how to keep America safe, and keep putting pressure on al-Qaida — all for less money. In one of his first interviews since assuming his new position, Panetta also discusses the prospects of a U.S. troop presence in Iraq beyond the end of this year, when they are scheduled to leave.
  • As we grow older, our reading changes. The alphabet books of our toddler years just aren't going to cut it after college. But author Adam Mansbach revisits three books from his young adult years and finds that the best stories can be appreciated at any age.
  • Texas Gov. Rick Perry heats up the atmosphere every time he talks about climate change. He's an avowed global warming doubter who once quipped, "The biggest source of carbon dioxide is Al Gore's mouth."
  • Despite the bad economy, the number of Americans who struggled to get enough to eat did not grow last year, and in some cases declined, according to new government data. Still, a near-record number — almost 49 million people — were affected.
  • The Republican presidential debate from the Ronald Reagan library in Southern California will be voters' first chance to see the current frontrunner for the GOP nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, on the same stage with the previous frontrunner, Mitt Romney.
  • The flavor takes inspiration from a double-entendre filled Saturday Night Live skit that pokes fun at NPR.
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