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By Associated PressMontgomery, AL – Two men once considered the brightest stars of Alabama's political and business worlds will face a federal judge…

By Charles Davis, Capitol News Connectionhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wual/local-wual-601957.mp3Washington, DC – In Washington, a…

By Associated PressPhil Campbell, AL – An Army sergeant from Phil Campbell was killed when Iraqi insurgents attacked his unit over the weekend.The…

By Associated PressWashington, DC – The U-S Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to Alabama's property tax system that was filed by plaintiffs…

By Alabama Public RadioTuscaloosa AL – A federal judge has set sentencing guidelines for former Governor Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard…

There was a lot of speculation about how the Supreme Court would decide, but almost every prognostication was wrong: from who the swing vote would be (it was Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the opinion), to what the basis for the opinion would be (it wasn't the Commerce Clause).

President Obama's big victory on the law so identified with him that it's called "Obamacare" means he can campaign more boldly on the law as a major achievement. He also won't have to counter claims that he wasted the first years of his presidency.

The Supreme Court ruling brought some surprises. Within minutes of the court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, health care-related stocks swung up and down. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said it's his mission to oust Obama and defeat the law.

In a momentous ruling, the Supreme Court upheld President Obama's health care law. Lawyer Tom Goldstein, who has argued many cases before the Supreme Court and founded SCOTUSblog, says the Obama administration got what it wanted, and got it in an opinion from a renowned conservative — Chief Justice John Roberts. The court's dissenting opinion had a lot of fighting words.

Fresh Air's critic at large, John Powers, says Louis C.K.'s raunchy FX show is changing the way comedy is done — for the better. "More than any TV comedy ever, it's all about capturing moments of truth and freshness," he says.