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PRI's The World - November 6, 2009 Today on The World: A look at military mental health caregivers in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings; A hotel in Berlin today offers the creature comforts of a 1970s Eastern Bloc guesthouse; and mixing it up with British songwriter Gemma Ray.
PRI's The World - November 5, 2009 Today on The World: Swine flu hits one of the world's most isolated indigenous tribes, A new study out suggests most young Americans literally aren't fit enough for the military and the roots of Pakistan's battle with itself.
PRI's The World - November 4, 2009 Today on The World: Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah refuses to join the government and says he'll continue to demand corruption reform, Germany reacts in anger at GM's decision not to sell its European subsidiary Opel; and how a picnic in Communist Hungary played a role in bringing down the Iron Curtain.
Central and Eastern Kentucky
Lexington leaders have been briefed on this winter's snow removal plans. Last winter, Lexington residents endured their second major ice storm in six years. It may not have packed the same punch as 2003, but, last winter's storm left many homes without power for days. There've been changes this year.
No clear motive has been established in yesterday's mass shooting at the fort hood army post in Texas. But as new information emerges about the gunman, a sociologist in Kentucky says the case brings more attention to mental illness in the military.
The Kentucky Attorney General's Office has no idea how long it might take for the US Supreme Court to grant or deny a stay request filed yesterday regarding the state's sex offender law. Attorney General Jack Conway filed the stay ahead of an appeal to a ruling last month from the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Authors and their readers gather this weekend in Frankfort for the Kentucky Book Fair. The industry is evolving quickly. E-Books like the Kindle are eliminating the need for paper. Plus, several major booksellers are waging a price war. With a look at the potential impact on Kentucky authors, book sellers and publishers is WEKU's Stu Johnson.
For the second time in the past three years, Eastern Kentucky University's football Colonels will travel 25 miles up Interstate 75 to take on the University of Kentucky Saturday.
This weekend's 28th annual Kentucky Book Fair features 200 nationally and regionally known authors. They'll discuss and read selected works at the Frankfort Convention Center.
Kentucky's Capitol
If you're looking for a ray of sunshine in this gloomy Great Recession economy, how's this? The Kentucky Public Service Commission says it should be cheaper to heat your home this winter. Substantially cheaper!
A scathing state audit of finances at the Kentucky Association of Counties found what State Auditor Crit Luallen is characterizing as "extravagant and excessive" discretionary spending by the KACo board, management and staff.
Renovation and repair work to the interior dome of Kentucky's historic State Capitol is now underway. One of the first tasks workers undertook was to encase the rotunda's five historic statues in plywood boxes, to protect them from damage during the three-month project.