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Former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has a new radio talk show, and he tells NPR "it's going to be more conversation and less confrontation." That would be a marked departure from the other man who broadcasts in the noon to 3 p.m. slot -– Rush Limbaugh.

People behaved very differently on another ship that sunk around the same time. An economist thinks he knows why.

Life for most Haitians is a constant struggle for clean water. And now that cholera has invaded Haiti, safe drinking water has become Haiti's most urgent public health problem. The disease has killed more than 7,000 people since late 2010.

It’s believed that the population of North Atlantic right whales off the New England coast is down to just 300-400.The whales have been classified as…

State and local police are on the scene of a shooting in Dalton which two people died but officials say there is no danger to the public.NHPR’s Chris…

Wallace Hartley left work as a bank teller to become a conductor. He spent his final moments on the deck of the Titanic, leading the ship's seven musicians in song as they sank into the North Atlantic.

Taxpayers have a couple of extra days to get their federal returns in this year. April 15 falls on a Sunday. So why are taxes due on Tuesday, April 17, and not Monday?

What diet soda drinkers eat may matter more than what they sip when it comes to long-term health effects, according to new research. This may help explain why some people gain weight when drinking lots of diet soda.

In Massachusetts, where Mitt Romney served as governor, gun rights are not very popular. Romney has since strengthened his support for gun owners, declaring himself "a hunter pretty much all my life." On Friday, he'll court the crowd at the National Rifle Association's annual convention.

Iran meets the U.S. and other countries this weekend to discuss its controversial nuclear program. In the past, such talks have been fruitless. But analysts say this time might be different, because Iran's economy is under severe pressure as the result of the toughest sanctions the country has yet faced.