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The Ohio EPA today turned to the Ohio Attorney General’s office over $2.3 million in civil penalties levied against the owners of the Rover pipeline. From member station WKSU, Jeff St.Clair has more. Ohio EPA director Craig Butler says he had no choice but to bring-in the state attorney’s office to force a settlement with Energy Transfer Partners, and other owners of the Rover pipeline over civil penalties.

Customers at the Sand Bar on Tybee Island for years stapled dollar bills to walls. After it closed because of COVID-19 restrictions, the bills were taken off the wall. Staff will divide the $3,700.

The Social Security Administration is out with its list of the most popular baby names in the Tristate in 2015. Emma remains the most popular girl's...

17 AUDIO PIECES, ALL INTERVIEWS It's more than a little strange to be introducing a musician whom the classical music world has in one sense known for…

ONE AUDIO PIECE Irish pianist Barry Douglas returns to the Columbus Symphony and the Ohio Theater this weekend for performances of Rachmaninoff's Piano…

Hurricane Wilma hit southwest Florida at dawn as a Category 3 storm, packing winds of 125 mph that damaged homes, downed power lines and brought flooding as far south as Key West. The storm has since moved over the Atlantic Ocean.

American journalist Michael Kelly dies in a reported Humvee accident near Baghdad. Kelly, an editor-at-large with The Atlantic Monthly and columnist for The Washington Post, was embedded with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division. Kelly is the first American reporter to die in the war. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

U.S. military officials seek to settle monetary and property claims with Iraqis who say they have suffered losses at the hands of American forces. Almost 3,000 Iraqi claims of negligence have been filed since major combat operations were declared over in May. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Hurricane Rita has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles an hour. But the winds, rains and waves of the storm still poses a serious threat to the coastal regions of Louisiana and Texas.

The federal budget deficit will hit a record $422 billion this year, according to new projections from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO also predicts $2.3 trillion in new debt will be run up by 2014. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Robert Bixby of the Concord Coalition.