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  • Perry Campaign Amplifies Attacks On Santorum
    Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry has been aboard a bus touring Iowa hoping to score an upset in next Tuesday's caucuses. Perry spent Thursday trying to reverse the surge that challenger Rick Santorum has seen in a recent poll.
  • Supporters of republican presidential hopeful U.S. Rep Ron Paul (R-TX) wear t-shirts that spell out 'PAUL' during a campaign stop at the Park Place Event Center on Jan. 2, 2012 in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
    Foreign Policy: The World According to Ron Paul
    Republicans are freaked out about what a libertarian isolationist in the White House would do to American power — but not all Democrats are. Foreign Policy's Michael A. Cohen analyzes Ron Paul's threat to the Republican status quo.
  • On Jan. 3, Iowans will caucus at 1,774 precincts across the state, in the first contest of the 2012 presidential nominating process. Above, Iowans caucus in 2004 at St. John's United Methodist Church in Des Moines, Precinct 87.
    Confused About The Iowa Caucuses? Here's A Guide
    On Jan. 3, all across Iowa, the campaigning ends and the voting begins. Thousands of Iowans will enter gyms, libraries and private homes to participate in a ritual of the American political system.
  • Jenny Craig brand ambassador and singer Mariah Carey (left) poses with Dana Fiser, CEO of Jenny Craig, at a press conference in New York City in November.
    The Real Holiday Party For Weight-Loss Firms? It's Now
    The first week of the year means big profits for weight-loss firms. Some companies are looking to expand their customer base by specifically targeting men. Others are teaming up with big employers.
  • Livestrong Sporting Park
    Sporting Kansas City Lives Strong
    By Greg Echlinhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-992433.mp3Kansas City, Kan. –UPDATE: Sporting KC advances to Eastern…
  • An Egyptian man in front of a campaign banner for the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, during the recent parliamentary voting in Alexandria, Egypt.
    Islamist Parties At Odds In Egypt's Ongoing Elections
    Early results indicate that the incoming Parliament is likely to be dominated by Islamists. But two leading Islamist blocs — the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists — have little in common and are doing their best to undermine each other.
  • Grass Mattress Was A Stone Age Bed And Breakfast
    Scientists have found what they say is the world's oldest bed: a 77,000-year-old grass and leaf mattress in a cave in South Africa. And the people who made it were crafty: Atop layers of sedge grass were leaves from a plant known to repel insects — key for living in buggy, dank caves.
  • Rail bridge over Platte River at Farley, MO. divides two Missouri River levee districts. The rising Platte nears bridge deck. (Click to enlarge.)
    Finger in the Dike: 2011
    By Dan Verbeckhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-974210.mp3Rural Platte County, MO – The Missouri River approaching…
  • Bo Muller-Moore, known by some as the "Eat More Kale" guy, hand screen prints his shirts from his Montpelier, Vt., studio.
    Chicken Vs. Kale: Artist Fights Chick-Fil-A Suit
    With the help of Vermont's governor, folk artist Bo Muller-Moore is contesting charges of trademark infringement from Chick-fil-A. The fast-food chain says Muller-Moore's "Eat More Kale" T-shirts too closely resemble its own "Eat Mor Chikin" ad campaign.
  • 'The Tillman Story': One Family's Quest For The Truth
    A new documentary takes a close look at the life and death of Pat Tillman, who famously walked away from a multimillion-dollar contract with the Arizona…
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