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Coal accounts for much of the world's energy supply, but the United States has seen a decline in coal production. The natural gas industry is booming in the U.S. and many in coal country fear for the future of their industry and their livelihood.

We profiled women who were on the front lines of social change this year — from a doctor fighting Ebola in Congo amid gunfire to two forthright beauty queens.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with strategic studies professor Phillips O'Brien of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland about the significance of Russia's latest military offensive in Ukraine.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Todd Jordan, mayor of Tupelo, Miss., about how the massive winter storm has affected his city and region.

In exchange for working on a farm, the kids get fresh, healthy produce to take home. They also get a way to break through the isolation refugees often face in a new country.

Wall Street cheers the resignation of SEC chief Harvey Pitt. Pitt's departure -- and the resignation of the agency's chief accountant -- could imperil the appointment of ex-FBI and CIA director William Webster to head an accounting oversight board. Hear more from NPR's Scott Simon and Joe Nocera, executive editor of Fortune magazine.

The party should have enough seats to form a coalition that would keep the country in the eurozone. Its victory is likely to ease some of the concerns over a potential Greek exit, and the implications of such a move on the fragile global economy.

By KWGS NewsFort Worth, TX – AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, Inc., today reported a net loss of $162 million, or $0.48 per…

Most hospitals make little effort to screen patients for tobacco use or to help smokers kick the habit permanently. That's a missed opportunity. Starting this month, though, hospitals can choose to adopt tobacco-cessation measures to help them comply with accreditation standards.

Officials in each of Oklahoma’s three public education systems say the state of education is poorly funded.At their state of education forum, leaders with…