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  • Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 9:03 AM

    Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.

  • Former Miss America latest to look at US Senate

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 8:46 AM

    Former Miss America Heather French Henry is the latest Democrat to consider challenging U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in his re-election bid next year.

  • Trigg County toddler hospitalized after accidental shooting

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 7:16 AM

    An accidental shooting sent a Trigg County toddler to Vanderbilt Medical Center overnight.

  • May is National Bike Month

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 6:55 AM

    The weather is warmer and the days are longer, which means it's the perfect time to get outside. For 55 years, National Bike Month has been the perfect time for new or returning riders to get back in the saddle and ride their bikes to work, to school or just around town.

  • Local police participating in 'Click It or Ticket' campaign

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 6:02 AM

    It's not about writing tickets, it's about increasing awareness and saving lives. That's what members of law enforcement say is behind this weekend's "Click It or Ticket" campaign.

  • 10 Things to Know for Wednesday

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 5:28 AM

    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

  • Oklahoma residents come home to pick up the pieces

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 5:37 AM

    The residents of Moore, Okla., affected by a deadly tornado are coming back to find their belongings scattered and their homes left in pieces.

  • Officials say Benghazi suspects under surveillance

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 5:36 AM

    Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

  • Star witness to be mum during House hearing on IRS

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 5:34 AM

    A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently hold its hearing without input from its star witness.

  • Boy Scouts meet to decide policy on gay Scouts

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 5:33 AM

    The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on allowing openly gay boys to don the Boy Scouts uniform.

  • Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 5:32 AM

    While Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands more people who flee persecution in their home countries.

  • House panel seeks to curb military sexual assaults

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 5:31 AM

    A House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to military law in an effort to stem the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces.

  • Eyewitness to the tornado: Storm spotter with local ties talks about Oklahoma

    Updated: Tue May 21, 2013 10:53 PM

    When Al Mason was trained in Paducah to spot severe weather, he never thought he would end up seeing an EF 5 tornado with his own eyes.

  • Summer home improvements

    Updated: Tue May 21, 2013 10:48 PM

    Spring cleaning can go beyond reorganizing your closet or garage. How about adding a deck to the backyard or re-doing a bathroom? Chances are, the project you're looking to tackle could be done, not by professionals, but by you. It could save you a lot of money.

  • PHOTO GALLERY: Tuesday's news day

    Updated: Wed May 22, 2013 5:23 AM

    This is a compilation of photos from our news day. Click on the link to view the gallery.

  • NWS fixes problem with weather warning system

    Updated: Tue May 21, 2013 10:45 PM

    A problem with weather warnings Tuesday morning has been fixed.

  • Illinois House committee approves Medicaid expansion

    Updated: Tue May 21, 2013 10:43 PM

    A key Illinois house committee has approved an expansion of Medicaid. The bill would cover low-income adults who don't have children at home.

  • Commuters weigh in on future of Cairo Bridge

    Updated: Tue May 21, 2013 10:41 PM

    It's a plan that will affect the movement of products and people across our region: what should the next US 51, 60/62 bridge over the Ohio River be like? Tuesday night, a second public informational meeting on alternatives under consideration, this time in Ballard County, Kentucky.

  • Ill. House: Senate pension plan saves less money

    Updated: Tue May 21, 2013 9:44 PM

    Illinois House members say Senate President John Cullerton's pension-reform proposal saves at most only 60 percent of what the Chicago Democrat predicts.

  • Clinton: Illinois should legalize gay marriage

    Updated: Tue May 21, 2013 9:42 PM

    Former President Bill Clinton is calling on Illinois lawmakers to legalize same-sex marriage. In a statement Tuesday, Clinton says Illinois "has stood for the proposition that all citizens should be treated equally under the law" since the days of Abraham Lincoln.

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