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NPR's Michele Norris talks with KPBS reporter Eric Niiler who is embedded with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force outside the Iraqi city of Fallujah where four civilian security contractors and five soldiers were killed in separate attacks earlier this week. The city is a flashpoint of anti-American violence.

During Saddam Hussein's regime, tens of thousands of Kurds and Turkmen were forced out of the oil rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk, as Iraqi Arabs were moved in to change the region's demographics. Now, returning Kurds want to put Kirkuk under Kurdish control. Their demands are raising anger and fear among the city's other ethnic groups. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

Two U.S. soldiers and several dozen Iraqi militiamen are dead after overnight gun battles in the Iraqi city of Kufa. The continuing fighting in Kufa and in the nearby city of Najaf threaten last week's truce between the U.S. military and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

The City of Bloomington has a new finance chief.Scott Rathbun, who is currently the city's senior budget manager, will start his new job as interim…

The city of East Peoria will hold a public forum Tuesday to gauge where citizens stand on recreational cannabis sales.

the city of New York has sold a public television station. Dow Jones and ITT bought WNYC for more than $200 million. Now cities and stations around the country are considering similiar sales as a way to raise quick cash.

It's a yearly ritual: Christmas tree vendors arrive from Canada to set up shop on the sidewalks of New York City. They're a bit dazzled by some aspects of the big city -- like the sky-high rent -- but they're also warmed by unusual acts of kindness from the locals. Jon Kalish reports.

New York City approves changes in its budget that slashes many city services and raises property taxes by 18.5 percent -- the biggest property-tax hike in decades. Budget woes prompted Mayor Michael Bloomberg to rethink his opposition to new tax increases. Fred Mogul reports.

Jackie Northam of Chicago Public Radio reports one of the most influential theatres in the US is moving to a new location. Chicago's famed Goodman Theatre will soon pack up and relocate to a new 46-million dollar location in the city's north loop. The change of venue gives the Goodman a larger and more versatile space to use. City planners hope the move will help revitalize the historic area.

A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. intelligence safe house in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil Tuesday, killing at least three people and wounding about 50 others, including several Americans. Until now, the Kurdish-controlled city had been largely peaceful. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.