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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Retired U.S. Navy admiral James Stavridis about Ukraine claiming to have killed the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

The residents of Sumner County, TN are facing a county commission that essentially is against government, and has swung hard right, not a surprise. In fact, it is so extreme that these commissioners are threatening to defund the election commission, I am not quite sure how that works since at least the federal elections are constitutionally mandated. They have the old familiar rants about being constitutionalists, but that only appears to apply to things that they think are right, not what the Constitution actually requires. We have seen this kind of behavior in our history before, and hopefully, this too burns itself out as it demonstrates that it cannot provide what its citizens need and want.

Indianapolis and Tennessee share the AFC South lead at 6-3 following the Colts' 34-17 win over the Titans in Nashville. Philip Rivers completed 29 of his…

From now until August, you can sign up for or change coverage through the federal and state health insurance marketplaces. Many people are eligible for better or less expensive plans — or both.

Commentator Captain Rosemary Mariner calls for a return to the concept of "vertical accountability" in the military. Recent allegations of sexual misconduct in in Army training schools violate one of the most basic moral concepts in the military; if these are allegations are true, we should be disciplining people at the top of the pyramid, not the bottom.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-871230.mp3Montpelier, VT – The election is almost a year away, but the Vermont…

That's according to a survey released today by the group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA).

Former Vermont governor Howard Dean insists he will not drop out of the Democratic presidential race if he loses Tuesday's primary in Wisconsin. But a top Dean campaign aide is planning to offer his help to frontrunner John Kerry, if Dean doesn't win in Wisconsin. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards.

A commission on Abu Ghraib prison abuses, headed by former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, finds fault throughout the chain of military command and in Washington. Top leaders are criticized for failing to provide adequate resources to the prison. Hear Schlesinger and NPR's Robert Siegel.

An annual Forbes analysis of the top 10 earners on YouTube consistently ranks kid-forward accounts among the highest paid.