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The women's finals in the Australian Open are already over. In baseball, power-hitter Prince Fielder has returned to his childhood team, the Detroit Tigers, for which his father played. Host Scott Simon talks sports with Howard Bryant of ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com.

Presley's legendary love for peanut butter and bananas and bacon helped lead to his outsized body toward the end of his life, and a lasting food legacy. And, oh yeah, he could sing too.

Adding a 12-year-old antibiotic to the regimen of patients with highly drug-resistant tuberculosis cured nearly 90 percent of patients in a study involving about 40 people in South Korea. The study, though small, suggests that the battle against the ancient scourge is far from lost.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. — blamed for the groundwater pollution case made famous in the movie -- is offering to buy homes in Hinkley, Calif., again, this time in areas previously believed to be unaffected by the contamination. Many families, some who have lived in the town for generations, are packing up.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appears a man under siege. But while Democrats are licking their chops and many Republicans are despairing at the state of the Romney campaign just seven weeks from Election Day, more dispassionate observers suggest that the race is still very close.

The Kansas City Royals went from one of the worst teams in MLB last year to the playoffs this season. They lost the American League Division Series to the New York Yankees three games to one.

While the Chiefs dominated the first half, the Bengals staged an impressive comeback to win the AFC Championship 27-24 in overtime. Unlike last game, Kansas City couldn't capitalize on winning the coin toss.

PorchfestKC took the last three years off, but now it's back. On Oct. 14, around 135 bands are set to perform on 49 porches and stages in Midtown's Roanoke and Valentine neighborhoods.

Democrat Elad Gross and Republican Will Scharf are hoping to replace Andrew Bailey, a Republican running for a full term in office after being appointed to the job by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson in 2022.

Instead of speaking on the billions of dollars within the Missouri budget, House Democrats repeatedly spoke out against language added to each bill that prohibits spending on anything associated with diversity, equity and inclusion. That language is expected to be stripped out in the Senate.