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The proposed 2013 budget for the city of Plattsburgh has been released. The Mayor says “lack of meaningful reform” in Albany and an “underperforming…

Stacy London is known for giving people life-changing makeovers on the hit TV show What Not To Wear. Now, she's out with a new book, The Truth About Style. Besides writing about why people should dress well, London talks about her struggle with self-esteem and how she found refuge in fashion. She speaks with guest host Celeste Headlee.

Republican lawmakers want more information on the lead-up to the attack that killed an American ambassador.

The director of Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood talks to Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his new film, The Master, a tense drama with indelible performances from Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams.

With the presidential election a month away, the Court may soon weigh in on several contentious cases. Los Angeles Times Supreme Court correspondent David Savage talks about the upcoming session and whether the Court can insulate itself from the heat of this political season.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has lived a long life in just 65 years, from poor immigrant to giant bodybuilder, from Hollywood action star to governor of California. He recounts it all — his successes and failures, his dreams and challenges — in his new autobiography, Total Recall.

Over a century ago, a scientist set up one of the first microbiology labs in the United States. Today, that lab is called the National Institutes of…

The ACLU of New York studied the punishment for a year. It found that New York issued 68,100 sentences that averaged five months each.

Certain things always get attention during a presidential contest, including debates and gaffes. They don't really matter, one political scientist suggests.

Just before new penalties kicked in for hospitals that readmit too many Medicare patients, the government discovered that the data it used to were out of date. The changes from the error are tiny, amounting on average to a fraction of a percent for most of the affected hospitals.