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A two-day strike culminated in a massive march that ended violently. The protesters are demanding better labor and education conditions.

Workers should have the state’s first instant racing machines installed and working by the end of Friday at Kentucky Downs. And the 80 newly hired…

A growth spurt in Warren County Public Schools requires more than new buildings and additional teachers. It also creates a bus driver shortage, and the…

Jogging beats pumping iron when it comes to getting rid of unhealthy belly fat, according to researchers at Duke University. Overweight adults who exercised by lifting weights for eight months got stronger, but the ones who jogged 12 miles a week lost visceral fat linked to diabetes and heart disease.

Few stories in the past week or so have touched more hearts that that of Hawkeye, the faithful Labrador retriever who lay down next to the flag-draped casket of his master, U.S. Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson.

If they want, dictators can usually walk away from power and into comfortable exile. But some reject this path, and international efforts to prosecute human rights violations have also reduced the options.

Many black leaders want to see the first black president of the United States do more to help their community. When President Obama eventually dedicates the memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall, his speech could be an opportunity to address some of their concerns.

Texas Gov. and presidential candidate Rick Perry is passionate on one point about health care. Fixing the nation's health care system must include a major reform of the medical malpractice system.

Hurricane Irene has spent the day churning toward the United States. While the eye of the storm is far offshore, rain bands from the tropical system are already lashing the Carolinas. NPR's Greg Allen speaks with Melissa Block with the latest from Virginia.

Melissa Block and Robert Siegel clarify a report and update a story from Thursday's show, and Robert presents a defense to his use of the grammatically incorrect term "Attorneys General."