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  • Paul Fails to Defeat Clean Air Resolution
    Kentucky utilities may soon need to comply with tighter air regulations. Republican Senator Rand Paul Thursday failed in his effort to defeat new clean…
  • Facebook is on the verge of adopting new "opt in" privacy settings, according to reports. Here, company founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a visit to Cambridge, Mass., Monday.
    Facebook Will Reportedly Shift Privacy Policy To 'Opt In' — Not 'Opt Out'
    Facebook is reportedly moving toward changing its privacy policy, abandoning an "opt-out" approach for one in which its members would have to "opt in" to allow strangers to see personal information stored on their profile pages.
  • In this March 15, 1973, White House news conference, President Nixon says he will not allow his legal counsel, John Dean, to testify in the Watergate investigation and challenges the Senate to test him in the Supreme Court.
    Newly Released Testimony Is Vintage Nixon
    The National Archives has released President Nixon's long-secret grand jury testimony in the Watergate scandal from 1975. In it, the former president is manipulative, self-pitying and as unrevealing as possible.
  • Clint Eastwood Takes On FBI Legend 'J. Edgar'
    The new movie J. Edgar is directed by Clint Eastwood and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover who headed the FBI for 48 years. Hoover championed scientific crime fighting in general and the use of fingerprints in particular.
  • Investors Rattled By Standard & Poor's Alert
    The rating agency Standard and Poor's sent out an alert downgrading France's debt on Thursday. It turned out to be a false alarm, but it took nearly two hours for S&P to clarify that. S&P says it's investigating the mistake.
  • Thanksgiving Dinner Will Cost More This Year
    The American Farm Bureau Federation has released its 26th annual price survey on the cost of the classic Thanksgiving dinner. That includes the turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin pie. This year, the average cost for a feast for 10 people is $49.20. That's up almost $6 from last year.
  • Tough Economy Hurts Veterans Looking For Work
    On this Veterans Day, a day to recognize those who have served in the military, Morning Edition considers the reality of what veterans face when they come home. Veteran Affairs Secretary Gen. Eric Shinseki talks to Steve Inskeep about veterans who return from Iraq and Afghanistan to find the economy hurts their chances of finding work.
  • Public Service Commission Announces Plan for Utility Co.
    The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has released the detailed action plan outlining how Louisville Gas and Electric Co. (LG&E) and Kentucky…
  • Chewing gum containing the sugar substitute xylitol appears to reduce kids' risk for ear infections, but the protection doesn't come easily.
    Chew On This: Some Gum May Ward Off Ear Infections
    Giving children gum with xylitol, a sugar substitute, appears to reduce the risk of ear infections by 25 percent. But it takes a lot of chewing each day to achieve that result.
  • Museum to Honor Vets Planned for Georgetown
    If a trio of men can realize their shared dream, Georgetown would be the home of a national museum to honor veterans from the Korean War and Vietnam to…
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