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  • Unions are under siege, as Republican governors have curtailed collective bargaining rights in some states. As well, national labor leaders say President Barack Obama and Democrats in Washington have let them down.
  • The latest batch of high-tech alarm clocks explode, roll away, fly away and even make you solve math problems to keep you from oversleeping.
  • In 1968, Alan Moore left behind his college football career when he headed off to serve in Vietnam. Now, at 61 years old, he's decided to pick up where he left off. He's a junior at Faulkner University in Alabama, where he's nabbed a spot on the team as a place kicker. His first game is Sept. 10. Faulkner's head coach says it took a while to stop calling his new player "sir."
  • The first of eight special election episodes of Kentucky Tonight will air on KET this evening. All candidates for statewide office this year have agreed…
  • Thirteen sites across Kentucky are being considered for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The sites must first be approved by the…
  • Bob Mondello's fall movie preview anticipates the quiet of a jazz-age silent movie, the very George-Clooney-ness of a new political thriller, and an unrepentant Neil Patrick Harris in 3D.
  • The Texas Forest Service reported that more than 50 separate fires had burned through some 30,000 tinder-dry acres, causing widespread damage to neighborhoods across eastern and central parts of the state. At least two people were killed.
  • Adele's monster hit came out in November, but once summer hit, it found huge success as the raw material at the root of countless remixes, and DJs played versions of the song for festival crowds for the entire season.
  • The country's main intelligence agency, working with the U.S., arrested Younis al-Mauritani and two other suspected operatives. Mauritani was responsible for targeting American economic interests around the globe, according to Pakistan's military.
  • Father Mychal Judge was a beloved Fire Department of New York chaplain known for savoring life. He was also the first recorded victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Ten years later, he's recalled as the priest who flouted convention, yet was also revered as a saint.
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