Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery - essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.

Cover will be provided by the Church of the Green: In Massachusetts, plans are for a "green" clinic, made of recycled and other environmentally friendly materials.

President Obama has dispatched a delegation this week to The Hague to explore issues involving the United States' possible participation in the International Criminal Court, an organization critics charge could be used to prosecute Americans under international legal standards for actions that are not crimes in the U.S. Andy Laney of the U.S. State ...

Feed The Children's former president is discouraging donations to the charity until his dispute with the group's officials is resolved.

A HONG KONG businessman said on Monday he was planning to build China's first Bible-themed amusement park, with construction to start next year if he gets approval from authorities in the communist state.

An evangelist yelled at the Jessamine County Public Library Board, then turned his attention to the seated crowd of more than 100: "If this is not pornography, what is?" He had passed out photocopies of a page out of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier to each of the board's members, and he held a copy aloft as he spoke.

A Frankfort man has been sentenced to four years probation and 60 days of house arrest for sexually assaulting two young female relatives between 2003 and 2005.

FRANKFORT, Ky. a ' Gov. Steve Beshear today announced the following judicial appointments to serve until the general election on Nov.

Hundreds of private e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change.

Parkside Development was such a potential hot spot in 2006 the city and county got into a fight.

The county accused the city of theft for quickly annexing the eastside property from the county, and threatened a lawsuit.

Dr. Ed Ball, former executive director of the Kentucky Academy for School Executives, right, will speak to the Frankfort Chapter of the United Nations Association of the USA Monday.

What kind of parent are you? Strict? Let them be? I have news for you. If you believe in 'tough love ' parenting, and apply it, then your defiant children or problem kids have a much better chance of growing to be well-adjusted adults.

A Soldier successfully shoulder-fired a "smart" High Explosive Airburst, or HEAB round for the first time Aug. 11 from the XM-25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Despite previous claims, investigators said Friday that bad food wasn't the primary cause of a fiery riot at a central Kentucky prison in August.

Photo By AP/Alex BrandonRep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., center, flanked by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., left, and Rep.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - "Until now, we had been encouraged by the possibility of Harley-Davidson coming to Kentucky.

Photo By Kelly MackeyFrankfort Plant Board employee Troy Perry puts lights on the Christmas Tree in front of the Capitol.

FRANKFORT, Ky.. - Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. But if your job is to listen to and report on Frankfort political leaders it's hard to get into the spirit.

Two retirees who sold more than $1 million in knock-off merchandise and a suspended lawyer who failed to report her income have been indicted by the Franklin County grand jury for tax fraud.

A Frankfort policeman dozed off at the wheel Friday and suffered a minor leg injury in a collision that severely damaged his cruiser, according to reports.