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Ann Powers picks her favorite chart-topping, radio-dominating songs of 2012.

The cost of the 2012 election will top a record $6 billion, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. If you find it difficult to visualize that figure, here are a few other ways to think about what $6 billion could buy.

President Obama cancels trip to Kansas; Brownback signs drug testing bill; Science standards raise cost concern; Brownback wants study of higher…

1. Fade --Yo La Tengo2. Paragraph Nights--Drgn King3. The Travel Guide--The Travel Guide4. Gold Yeller--Oil Boom5. Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to…

1. The Sojourners - Sing and Never Get Tired (Little Pig)2. Cash Box Kings - Black Toppin' (Blind Pig)3. Eric Bibb - Jericho Road (Stony Plain)4. Hadden…

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.

A new ranking shows Kansas is in the top 10 states when it comes to volunteering.Kansas is 7th out of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, having…

Global Village | December 30, 2024-January 3, 2025

Revenue forecasters expected to meet Election Day to draft state revenue projections; Kansans helping out with superstorm response; Small town hospital…