BOSTON – A federal appeals court has agreed to hold a hearing on a request from lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) to move his trial outside Massachusetts. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled the hearing for Feb. 19. Tsarnaev’s lawyers have repeatedly argued …

The Appalachian Regional Commission asked outside researchers to analyze changes to the 420 counties in the 12 states it serves in the 50 years since the federal-state partnership’s creation. Below are some highlights from their 180-page report. EMPLOYMENT While Appalachia had a higher unemployment rate than the country as a …

AUSTIN, Texas – Bill Arhos, who founded “Austin City Limits” and helped propel the public television show into a mecca for music’s biggest influences, has died. He was 80. His death was announced Monday by the show, which is now in its 41st season. Spokeswoman Maureen Coakley said Arhos died …

I am angry right now. What is the root cause of my anger? People who use the phrase “root cause.” • Watch Greg’s Greg-alogue — root cause of nothing! Whenever it comes to crime or terror, rather than punish the bad guys, certain vacant-eyed lunatics prefer to address the “root …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Withdrawal Consequences John Burns of The New York Times — who is considered the best print reporter on the beat in Iraq — disagrees with Democrats and other administration critics who think a U.S. troop withdrawal would make things better in Iraq. …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A modern timeline of relations between the United States and North Korea is dotted with diplomatic fits and starts, economic sanctions, promises of understanding, high points of small successes and low points of slammed doors, exiled weapons inspectors and exhaustive sets of demands. So, as foreign policy …

Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers and their fans for winning the Super Bowl. Very hard-working team that should be admired. The “Talking Points Memo” is more terror war violence. Angry Muslims rioted in Beirut, burning the Danish embassy over some political …

Snow Job! Tony Snow has been given the job of White House press secretary, which causes me to have mixed emotions. Because I count Tony as a friend, I am happy for his personal success. I also worry about the man’s sanity. You have to be half crazy to want …

Two days ago, reporter Anne Kornblut wrote in The New York Times, “The FOX News television host Bill O’Reilly has called Cindy Sheehan (search) treasonous.” Of course, that’s false. And Moday, The New York Times issued a correction admitting I did not put that label on Ms. Sheehan. We have …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader has taken the side of Cindy Sheehan (search), the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who’s camped outside President Bush’s Texas ranch. Nader praises her for “the courage to spotlight … the cowardly character trait of …