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Keokuk, IA – Keokuk may speed up its multi-year, multi-million dollar street repair program. Timberline Drive and S. 14th St., from Ridge St. to S. 16th…

An email thread released Wednesday is raising more questions about whether lanes were closed on the George Washington Bridge as political payback. The emails indicate that top officials in New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's administration are involved in the closures — motivated more by politics than a traffic study, as originally claimed.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announces a reduction in the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. Rumsfeld said the number of U.S. combat brigades in Iraq will be cut to 15 from 17. The top ground commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey, also said he could advise further cuts in troop levels by spring.

A report issued Friday by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee says claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction were "not supported by the underlying intelligence." The report blames the CIA for overstating the threat and criticizes outgoing CIA Director George Tenet for skewing advice to top policy makers. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Tom Gjelten.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wium/local-wium-889202.mp3The Tri States – A look back at the top stories and features from the Tri…

Beardstown, IL – Several Cass County groups are joining to try out a different approach to soil conservation. Economic Developer Steve Twaddle says most…

An organization focused on conservation and community development in southeast Iowa will soon be no more.Geode Resource Conservation and Development…

The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico places 15 employees on mandatory leave as the FBI investigates the disappearance of two data storage devices containing classified information. The incident raises questions over the balance between protecting top secret research at the nuclear weapons lab and scientists who value working unhindered by elaborate security measures. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

In Washington, two Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump are aiming to fend off primary opponents.

A top U.S. government scientist who helped investigate deadly anthrax attacks in 2001 reportedly committed suicide as the federal probe shifted to him. Bruce Ivins, 62, was a bioresearcher at defense labs in Fort Detrick, Maryland.