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165 million taxpayer dollars are going to the same employees at AIG who were responsible for its downfall. A new Gallup poll shows that three-quarters of Americans want the government to block or retrieve that money. Are you, your friends and your colleagues angry?

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with composer Rhiannon Giddens about the Silkroad Ensemble. A couple of years ago she replaced famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma as the creative director of the ensemble.

Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield are the directors behind the hit nature-documentary series Planet Earth. Their new movie, Earth, uses some of the same footage — but it's "character-based" rather than "habitat based."

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday the Obama administration has abandoned the term "global war on terror." She said she didn't know of any specific orders to bar the term's use.

The U.S. House has rejected a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. The rejection is a blow for the Bush administration and for congressional negotiators who backed the deal. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down more than 770 points on the news.

Federal authorities announced Monday that they had broken up a neo-Nazi plot to assassinate presidential candidate Barack Obama. The plan involved two white supremacists, and authorities say Obama was never in any danger.

Two sources confirm the Justice Department sent a letter to former Vice President Mike Pence saying the investigation would close without any finding of criminal wrongdoing.

Nine mine workers were trapped underground after a landslide at a gold mine in Turkey's eastern Anatolia region.

There are five Milwaukee races with primaries — mayor, three Common Council seats and one Milwaukee County Board seat. Find results from Wisconsin's Feb. 20, 2024 spring primary election here.