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  • Two Candidates in Our Listening Area Ask for Recounts Following Close Losses
    A longtime member of the Kentucky Senate and a political newcomer running for the state House aren't conceding after Tuesday's election results showed…
  • App Lets You Write Poetry Like William Shatner
    The Shatoetry app allows users to compose poems from 400 words recorded by the former Star Trek captain in his signature staccato voice.
  • Brothel Owner Wins County Commissioner Election
    Lance Gilman is a newly elected member of the county commission in Storey County, Nevada. Gilman, the owner of Nevada's Mustang Rand, won 62 percent of the vote.
  • Hillary Adams (left) as her father was striking her with a belt. She set up a video camera to record what she says was one of many such beatings.
    Texas Judge Who Beat His Daughter Is Reinstated To Bench
    The 16-year-old secretly videotaped her 2004 beating. When she posted it on YouTube last year, there was outrage. Her father, Aransas County Judge William Adams was suspended. But too much time has passed to bring criminal charges.
  • Word To The Wise: Change Your Twitter Password
    The micro-blogging service has warned many users that their accounts may have been "compromised" and that they should immediately create new passwords. While details haven't been released about where the threat is coming from, some users are pointing to China.
  • Many Tennessee Meningitis Patients Received Old Medicine Well Past "Best By" Date
    Nearly 150 patients exposed to potentially contaminated steroid injections in Tennessee were given medicine that was well past the normal shelf life. The…
  • Mitt Romney talks to reporters on his campaign plane on Election Day. "I'm very proud of the campaign we've run," he said. "No campaign is perfect."
    5 Foul-Ups In The Romney Campaign
    "No campaign is perfect," Mitt Romney said on Election Day. "Like any campaign, people can point to mistakes." And so here we are, as the election dust settles, asking seasoned political observers to do just that — point out a handful of foul-ups, fallacies and false steps in Romney's run.
  • Can Bipartisanship Save Us From The Fiscal Cliff?
    The election is over and the deadline for the so-called "fiscal cliff" is drawing closer. Host Michel Martin speaks with NPR Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax about how the two relate, and what it could mean for America's economic future.
  • Samuel Yirga plays Ethiopian standards with a voracious talent that helps him savor each musical flavor.
    Samuel Yirga Ushers In A Golden Age Of Ethiopian Music
    Yirga finds his way into Ethiopian standards, displays his flair for jazz over solo and ensemble pieces, and performs effortless homages to vintage soul. He holds everything together with voracious talent that helps him savor each musical flavor.
  • In China, A Transition Of Power Begins
    The handover, only the second orderly transition of power in China under communist rule, began Thursday. Party leaders kicked off a weeklong congress that will end with President Hu Jintao handing power to Xi Jinping. NPR's Shanghai correspondent Frank Langfitt talks about China's new leaders.
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