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In college football, the Louisville Cardinals overcame a 17-12 halftime deficit to defeat Southern Mississippi Saturday night in a rain-soaked game in Hattiesburg. U of L running back Senorise Perry scored the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter and the Cards held off a final Southern Miss scoring drive to improve to 5-0 on the season. The Golden Eagles fell to 0-4. U of L has next weekend off before returning to action the following Saturday at Pittsburgh. In Lexington, the Kentucky Wildcats led number six South Carolina 17-7 at halftime but the Gamecocks came back with 31 unanswered points to defeat UK 38-17. Kentucky falls to 1-4 on the season. South Carolina is 5 and 0. The Wildcats host Mississippi State next Saturday. Indiana dropped its second straight game Saturday, losing at Northwestern 44-29. The 2 and 2 Hoosiers host Michigan State next weekend.

Months after the Environmental Working Group found what it declared an unsafe level of the carcinogenic chemical compound hexavalent chromium (chromium 6), the Louisville Water Company has confirmed the substance's presence in city water. But, company officials say the water is still safe to drink.

The Indiana General Assembly convenes Wednesday for its short,30-day session. The calendar will be dominated by heated debate over the power of labor…

For over 25 years, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has believed in the education system in Kentucky. This has been no easy feat considering Kentucky was ranked near the bottom when they started. Now, our schools are in the middle of the pack nationally and KERA made us a model for reform. But the Prichard Committee doesn't want Kentucky schools to rest comfortably in the middle, so they've come up with a plan. Achieiving the Top 20 by 2020 sets out goals and objectives to boost Kentucky schools to the top twenty in the nation by the year 2020. Can we do it? Listen to the Show

Here's the rundown of this edition of Byline:At the top - A Tea Party rally featuring Kentucky Senators Mitch McConnell and Senator Rand Paul was held earlier this week in Frankfort to protest President Obama’s health care law. WFPL's Phillip Bailey and Kentucky Public Radio's Kenny Colston review the rally, discuss the Kentucky tea party, and the GOP’s hopes of reclaiming the presidency and a Senate majority. 13:30 - A groundbreaking ceremony is set for next week on the long-debated and long-delayed Ohio River Bridges Project. The Courier-Journal’s Marcus Green joins us to talk about it and what’s ahead. One of the big elements of this project is the tolling system that will be used to help pay for it, and there’s some debate now over who should serve on the polling body panel.20:25 - On August 15, the Department of Homeland Security began accepting applications for the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood arrivals. It would allow some undocumented immigrants who came to this country as children to obtain temporary immunity from deportation. LEO Weekly’s Anne Marshall tells us about the program and some local young immigrants who are applying for it.25:35 - More than 100,000 Jefferson County Public Schools students returned to class this week, and the 2012-13 academic year is underway. WFPL’s Devin Katayama discusses the first day of school and other education news, including ACT scores, graduation rates, and the bus commute. We also hear a feature from Devin as part of our new series UNIQUE, where we’re reporting the stories of specific students, teachers and families that make up our local public education system.36:30 - Arts and humanities reporter Erin Keane talks with the Louisville Orchestra's general manager, Lindsay Vallandingham. They discuss regrouping from a year of absence due to labor disputes, and highlights of the Orchestra's upcoming season.

Mad Tea Party is Tim Krekel's son Jason & Amy Worthen. They were in town recently to play at Bobby Watson's Dance or Die Party at The Vernon Club…

Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers.

The state will expand a child care subsidy to cover an estimated 6,000 more low-income working families starting in August, Gov. Steve Beshear announced...

Republican Hawkins has represented the southwestern district for two terms. His challenger, Dr. Robert Thrasher, says Hawkins is too prone to political posturing and has not spent his tenure serving constituents.

Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie is advising Tea Party activists to think twice before waging a primary challenge to Senator Mitch McConnell

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The outgoing chair of the Louisville Young Republicans says he lost his seat to a Tea Party activist due to publicly supporting Senator Mitch McConnell’s