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  • Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., who has been nominated to be the next secretary of defense.
    Voting Along Party Lines, Senate Panel Approves Chuck Hagel Nomination
    The nomination of Sen. Chuck Hagel as defense secretary has been the most contested of President Obama's picks so far.
  • OK, we're pretty sure this isn't real. (A 1012 Halloween-related festival in Georgia.)
    'Zombie Alert' Also Aired In Michigan; Hacking Traced To Overseas Source
    Stations in at least two states had their emergency broadcast systems broken into. "Bodies of the dead" were said to be rising from their graves. Funny? Dangerous? Both?
  • World's Eyes On China After North Korean Nuclear Test
    The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss North Korea's latest nuclear test. Any specific U.N. response depends largely on China, North Korea's primary trading partner. Former CIA China analyst Christopher Johnson weighs in on China's options and their potential influence on a coordinated international response.
  • KETR's Locker Room: Carthel, controversy and basketball
    KETR's Locker Room is the brand-new sports podcast for Northeast Texas!Topics on this week's episode includes an interview with A&M-Commerce new head…
  • Police patrol a road block on Highway 38 into the Big Bear area where a shoot-out with suspected fugitive Christopher Dorner resulted in the death of one deputy in Angelus Oaks, Calif., on Tuesday.
    Alleged Calif. Gunman's Fate Unclear After Fire At Cabin
    The Los Angeles Police Department rejected reports that a body had been recovered at a mountain cabin where the fugitive accused of killing four people had engaged law enforcement in a standoff. An LAPD official said the cabin was too hot to enter.
  • President Obama began last year's State of the Union address by recognizing recently returned Iraq War veterans, adding: "At the end of World War II, when another generation of heroes returned home from combat, they built the strongest economy and middle class the world has ever known." Expect more historical references in Obama's Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress.
    The History Lessons Obama Hopes We'll Learn
    Presidents use references to great events as a way of acknowledging that what unites Americans is not ethnicity or even language but ideas and a shared past. President Obama cited historical moments in his inaugural; look for similar touchstones at the State of the Union address.
  • Despite public health campaigns urging women in the U.S. to take folic acid, many are still not taking the supplements when they become pregnant.
    Folic Acid For Pregnant Mothers Cuts Kids' Autism Risk
    A study of more than 85,000 women in Norway found that those who started taking a folic acid supplement four weeks before getting pregnant were about 40 percent less likely to have a child who developed the disorder. Mothers had to continue taking the supplement during the first eight weeks of pregnancy to get the full benefit.
  • A U.S. flag flies Tuesday in front of the U.S. Capitol, where President Obama will give his annual State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress.
    Live Chat: State Of The Union
    President Obama is expected to put specifics behind the vision he outlined in his inaugural address a few weeks ago. Get live updates from the speech and join NPR journalists in analyzing what it could mean for the country.
  • President Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress.
    Obama: It's Not Bigger Government We Need, It's A 'Smarter' One
    Obama used his fourth State of the Union address to set forth a sweeping vision for his second term. Obama said he would seek to reform entitlements, the tax code and immigration policy. He also offered a laundry list of smaller initiatives like raising the minimum wage and offering universal preschool.
  • Guests at the party included Johnson Publishing magnate John Johnson and his wife, Eunice, and Whitney M. Young, head of the National Urban League.
    1963 Emancipation Proclamation Party Lacked A Key Guest
    The Kennedy administration commemorated the Emancipation Proclamation with a reception for a virtual who's who of black Americans. However, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stayed away.
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