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The temblor, centered about 100 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., shook buildings and rattled nerves up and down the East Coast. Phone services and airports were affected, but early reports indicated damage was minimal.

The nations capital was rattled by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake Tuesday.

FRANKFORT – Gov. Steve Beshear Tuesday announced Core Molding Technologies, a plastics molding company, will establish a new operating subsidiary and…

LOUISVILLE – Highway construction and repairs across the Southeast would have to be canceled or delayed if Congress allows the nation’s federal surface…

An extradition hearing for Azra Bašic, accused of war crimes against civilians during the Bosnian civil war in the 1990s, has been set for Nov. 7 in U.S.…

Libyan rebels stormed Moammar Gadhafi's Tripoli compound Tuesday. NPR correspondent Lourdes Garcia-Navarro entered after them and tells Robert Siegel about scenes of jubilant anti-Gadhafi fighters ransacking the barracks.

LEXINGTON – The University of Kentucky women’s basketball team is set to face a 2011-12 schedule that features three nonconference opponents who finished…

Libyan government forces fired a Scud missile Monday near Sirte. It's at least the second time the Scud has been used in the conflict. Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak also had Scuds in his arsenal. Brian Palmer gives Robert Siegel a brief history of the Soviet-made missile and tells us why Middle Eastern dictators love the Scud. Palmer writes the Explainer column for Slate.com.

Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read emails from listeners.

Melissa Block talks with soul singer Ben E. King about the passing of two legendary songwriters, Nick Ashford and Jerry Leiber, this week. Nick Ashford of Ashford and Simpson co-wrote some of Motown's biggest hits including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." He died at Monday at age 70. Jerry Leiber penned the lyrics for songs such as "Jailhouse Rock" for Elvis — and one of Ben E. King's signature tunes "Spanish Harlem." Lieber also died on Monday. He was 78.