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The Downtown Bloomington Association is calling for dialog in the wake of someone painting a bench with tar, apparently to deter homeless people.…

Marigolds are cheerful, lovely annuals that are often very easy to grow. But Ruth in Normal wonders why hers aren't thriving. Murph has some suggestions…

The Environmental Protection Agency warned this week that chemicals known as PFAS found in food packaging and cosmetics may be more harmful to human health than was previously thought.

Daniel visits the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, where development and deforestation have caused a shortage of drinking water. Industrial and commercial development has interfered with natural water patterns, and poor regulation of polluters has exacerbated the problem.

Daniel goes for a walk in the Virginia woods with USDA entomologist Dave Nickel to listen to the sounds of a summer night. Nickel says there is an incredible array of crickets, katydids, and cicadas, all contributing to the nighttime natural symphony we hear during the hot weather.

The craft of cheerleading has changed dramatically throughout the years as cheerleaders have become increasingly athletic. And with that athleticism has naturally followed more injuries - many of which are serious if not life threatening. Susan Goodman reports.

Mark Roberts reports on questions about the safety of the nation's pipeline system in the wake of last week's explosion in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Eleven campers were killed when a natural gas pipeline ruptured near their campsite.

Russian officials are still ducking questions about the nature of the debilitating gas that their commandos used to end the Moscow theater siege. But as NPR's David Kestenbaum reports, evidence is growing that it was a powerful opiate.

Reporter Richard Schiffman visits a monastery in Vermont, where men devote their lives to god and try to find peace by rising above base human nature. But sometimes, even in this monastic community, devotion can be a struggle.

pay close attention to the weather forecast in the midwest to see how mother nature will affect the winter wheat crop.