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Spooked advertisers are steering their more controversial ads away from the Super Bowl and featuring them online. While the broadcast line-up will include family-friendly spots with patriotic themes and the Muppets, the Internet has become the destination for those seeking edgier advertising.

Miriam Chamani, a priestess of the Voodoo religion in New Orleans, shares her thoughts on the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. She fled the flooding with her parrot Mango, but now she's back welcoming those seeking her insight.

With supporters saying the bill will save lives, the Florida House has unanimously passed a measure that seeks to prevent heat strokes among high-school...

Prosecutors are seeking mental health and medical records of the former student charged with last year's Florida school massacre.

Republican Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is running for Florida governor. Putnam filed his paperwork on Monday to seek the seat being vacated by...

Gov. Rick Scott and an Orange County prosecutor who refuses to seek the death penalty will square off against each other before the state's high court....

Sen. John Kerry seeks to define his campaign by his combat experience in the Vietnam War -- a tour of duty that earned him three Purple Hearts and a Bronze and Silver star for valor. But Kerry's campaign has come under fire by a group of GOP-linked activists who question his wartime conduct in a television ad. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

In the wake of a bankruptcy judge's ruling that United Airlines can terminate its employee pension plan, other U.S. airlines might respond in a similar fashion. The industry is seeking to cut costs as it reels from high fuel prices and stiff competition.

Chief justice nominee John Roberts takes questions from senators seeking definitive answers on issues from abortion to the environment to stopping a war. But Roberts refused to say whether, for example, he would vote to overturn or restrict abortion rights.

Democratic Sen. John Kerry and his new vice presidential choice, Sen. John Edwards, kick off a cross-country barnstorming tour that will take them to at least seven states before Sunday. Democrats have rallied around the selection of Edwards, a party favorite. Republicans are already seeking to portray Edwards as too inexperienced for the No. 2 job. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.