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A new book argues that Motown was a step in the evolution of the American popular song, a tradition reaching back to songwriters like Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter.

Freshman Sen. Jon Tester, who left his Montana farm for Capitol Hill, begins his new life as a senator. Tester was elected as a straight-talking, tractor-riding prairie populist, who pledged to make the U.S. Senate look a little more like his home state.

The simple blend of cheese, mayo and sweet peppers known as pimento cheese is so ingrained in the lives of Southerners that they don't realize others don't share their passion.

Efforts are under way to regulate the private-contracting industry used by the U.S. government in Iraq and elsewhere. The move comes after mismanagement of contractors in Iraq, including Blackwater USA.

The Federal Reserve Board lowered the cost of borrowing with a quarter-point drop in rates in hopes of energizing an economy troubled by a sagging housing market and soaring oil prices. The central bank lowered the federal funds rate to 4.5 percent.

Pat Philbin presided over a media conference in which Federal Emergency Management Agency staffers asked the questions.

Violence is growing in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a hotbed of ethnic tensions among its Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen residents. It now appears that the long dispute over whether the city will become part of the autonomous Kurdistan is not likely to be resolved this year. A referendum on it was due before 2008.

As Russia invades Ukraine, some cyber experts warned of an initial, crippling cyberattack. That hasn't happened yet. But the digital threat has been present in more subtle ways.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., is facing his strongest rebuke yet from members of his own party after questions over his office's handling of nursing home COVID-19 death data and misconduct allegations.

The governor of Texas wants hormone therapy for transgender kids classified as child abuse. One family is nervous that they may now become targets, but they don't want to leave the state.