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  • Huntsville is the shining star in Alabama's economy. Scientists there designed the rockets that put man on the moon. In the past 50 years, it's become a magnet for high-tech space and defense jobs. But with NASA downsizing and the specter of defense cuts looming, Huntsville finds itself in limbo.
  • Authorities continue to go after women who flout Saudi Arabia's ban on female drivers, but King Abdullah has pledged to give women more political power in the coming years. Conflicting messages from the kingdom on women's rights stir up hope, fear and frustration.
  • Tragedy inspires works performed this weekend in Lexington. “On the Verge” Theater's production of Yasmina Resa's “God of Carnage” is performed over the…
  • Soul food has a rap as being too sweet and heavy. But in reality, the culinary traditions of the African diaspora offer just as many healthful eating options as those of Mediterraneans. That's the word from experts behind a new African Heritage Diet Pyramid, which puts eating guidelines into cultural context.
  • Improvements in service are planned for Kentucky Utility and Louisville Gas and Electric customers. The Kentucky Public Service Commission plan hopes will…
  • As he watched the vote that would eventually lead to his resignation, Berlusconi wrote "8 traitors."
  • Hotline Helps Prevent Elder Financial Abuse
    A hotline will be available for one day only on Thursday to give Kentuckians financial and medical advice to help protect the elderly from financial…
  • The city of Lexington plans to close a more than 30 year old landfill by the end year. Division of Environmental Policy spokesman Mark York says there is…
  • The villages on Norton Sound are right at the water's edge, and with the ice developing progressively later each season, Carven Scott says meteorologists worry storms like this one will become a more regular occurrence.
  • A steady drip of revelations in the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal has called into question James Murdoch's testimony before a parliamentary committee in July. Murdoch has been asked back to clarify the discrepancies.
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