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By Jenny Brundinhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kuer/local-kuer-889851.mp3Salt Lake City, UT – Yesterday, Utah lawmakers took up…

With rock-bottom poll numbers and a massive budget deficit, New York Gov. David Paterson already faced a tough election fight. Now a New York Times article alleging that the governor pressured a woman to drop assault charges against his aide could be the final straw for voters.

By Doug FabrizioSalt Lake City, Utah – The filmmaker Helen Whitney has created an epic documentary that explores the dimensions of forgiveness. This idea,…

Of the recent political scandals involving infidelity — John Edwards, Elliott Spitzer, James McGreevy — one stands out, not for what the politician did, but for what his wife did not do. Jenny Sanford, wife of Gov. Mark Sanford, did not stand by her man in the cameras' glare. Her new memoir explains why.

Citizens of London is Lynne Olson's history of three Americans who helped steer the United States toward World War II. Edward R. Murrow, Averell Harriman and John Gilbert Winant sold the war to the American public and to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

By Jenny Brundinhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kuer/local-kuer-882256.mp3Salt Lake City, UT – Utah Governor Gary Herbert delivered…

Across the country, local governments are wrapping up a brutal year, with slipping tax revenues and sharp declines in state aid. The shortfalls come at a time when towns and cities are struggling to provide more services, from food kitchens to health care. In northern New York, local leaders in Elizabethtown may be forced to close the county-run nursing home.

Engineers dynamited the massive Crown Point Bridge that links Vermont and New York across Lake Champlain on Monday. The 80-year-old bridge was closed without warning last fall because of safety concerns. Its destruction punctuates a major transportation crisis that has worsened as the lake begins to ice up, forcing motorists to make 100-mile detours. A new bridge is expected to open in 2011.

Sarah Palin may be the Republican party's next big hope, but commentator Rod Dreher says her new book, Going Rogue, does little to bolster her image. She may be the perkiest small-town American in the spotlight, but Palin is selling her personality, not a platform.

By Doug Fabriziohttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kuer/local-kuer-869932.mp311/09/09: Crazy - America's Mental Health MadnessSalt Lake…