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  • 'Twerk' And 'Selfie' Top Latest List Of Words That Need To Go
    What words are you sick of hearing? The wags at Lake Superior State University are out with their annual nominees. Others include "hashtag" and "twittersphere."
  • TUESDAY: B.R. Mayor Kip Holden, Financial Consultant Andy Anderson
    Jim visits with Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden, to talk about the first-ever Red Stick Revelry New Year's Eve celebration downtown tonight, and...
  • From Pandas To Health Care: The 13 Numbers Of 2013
    NPR has been taking a look at the numbers that tell the story of 2013. These 13 reflect the highs and lows of the year, from deadly wildfires and the war in Syria, to football stadiums and same-sex marriage.
  • A young, displaced girl cries after the relative she was with disappears into a row of latrines Sunday at a U.N. compound in Juba, South Sudan. Violence in the country has forced an estimated 70,000 people to take refuge in U.N. compounds.
    Rival South Sudan Factions Agree To Talks, Cease-Fire
    The conflict pits the country's president against his former vice president, who is accused of plotting a coup. But the violence in the oil-rich nation also has tribal and ethnic dimensions that threaten the world's newest country.
  • Tim Tebow, right, during a TV interview before last January's Allstate Sugar Bowl. He's taking his talents to ESPN.
    Has Tim Tebow Found His Right Place At ESPN?
    The quarterback won fans across the nation a few years back, but hasn't been able to build a solid NFL career. He'll be a college football analyst on TV. Does that sound like the right move for him?
  • WEDNESDAY: Entertainment Editor John Wirt
    Advocate entertainment editor John Wirt looks back at 2013 in movies, music and TV.
  • Parent Resolutions For 2014: Less Telling, More Listening
    Tell Me More's parenting panel dishes on their lessons from the last year. Host Michel Martin is joined by parents Leslie Morgan Steiner, Lester Spence, Jeff Yang and Dani Tucker.
  • Zhenya drinks heavily with his friends at a Russian bathhouse in <em>The Irony of Fate,</em> a Soviet-era film that Russians still watch on New Year's Day.
    In Russia, A Soviet-Era Movie To Ring In The New Year
    The Irony of Fateis the country's favorite holiday movie. Like classic American films such as It's A Wonderful Life, it captures the magic of the holidays, but in a way that is quintessentially Russian.
  • A variety of Puerto Rican rums placed on a bar in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in September 2012. A rum tax rebate that sent nearly $200 million to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in 2013 is due to expire at midnight on Dec. 31.
    Congress Lets Dozens Of Tax Breaks Expire
    Teachers, film producers and restaurant owners — among many other groups — face higher tax bills in 2014. More than 50 temporary tax breaks are expiring at midnight on New Year's Eve, but many of them are likely to be restored when Congress returns.
  • Investigation Begins Into Fiery North Dakota Oil Train Crash
    Federal safety investigators are in eastern North Dakota at the site of a train wreck. The train was carrying crude oil and apparently crashed into a soybean shipment that had derailed, triggering a series of blasts that engulfed nearly two dozen cars in flames. Residents of nearby Casselton, N.D., evacuated overnight, and the town's mayor is now calling for changes to how crude oil is transported across the country.
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