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A preliminary analysis by the Congressional Budget Office says that a Veterans Affairs bill recently passed by the Senate could cost $50 billion per year. No lawmaker wants to vote against veterans, but the price tag has a lot of lawmakers nervous.

HBO's True Blood is a prime example of a TV show that kept going long after it should have ended. Why is it that some shows stay on air well after they've run out of creative juice?

A team claiming to have spied the earliest moments of the universe may have actually seen little more than galactic dust.

Medical device company Medtronic is merging with another firm and moving its legal headquarters to Ireland. The move is a tax-saving strategy called "inversion," and it's growing more common.

Of the hundreds of migrants that U.S. border agents catch daily in the Rio Grande Valley, 20 percent are unaccompanied minors. Instead of catching lawbreakers, the agents say, they're baby-sitting.

More than 400 U.S. military drones have been involved in major crashes around the world since 2001. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the news, which was revealed in a Washington Post investigation.

More than 300 Palestinians have been arrested following the abduction of three Israeli teens. For two months prisoners have been protesting Israel's practice of detaining people without charging them.

A just-released investigation by Illinois' Inspector General's office found that the former head of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) abused…

South Beloit Mayor Mike Duffy has died at the age of 68. He was elected in 2011, following a four-decade career in education. He is being praised for a…

The Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort is expanding with a new, fantastical Diagon Alley. It's complete with a ride, shopping, butterbeer — and an estimated $400 million price tag.