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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tampa Bay Times Political Editor Emily Mahoney about Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, as he faces Democrat Charlie Crist in a debate Monday.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, a democrat, about his campaign for U.S. Senate. The race in Wisconsin could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.

Marine 2nd Lt. James J. Cathey was killed in Iraq on Aug. 21. His superiors described him as a model Marine and a natural leader. Cathey was killed by an improvised explosive device barely one month after he arrived in Iraq. Reporter Eric Whitney of member station KRCC reports.

Millions of dollars have been spent to digitize medical records. But doctors are only slowly adopting the the new systems, and many systems won't talk to each other. Some now wonder when the promised benefits in care and cost savings will arrive.

Troops at Ft. Carson in Colorado are celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday after the last members of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team arrived home from a tour of duty in Iraq Wednesday night. Eric Whitney of member station KRCC reports.

Colorado pastor Ted Haggard admits that he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a gay prostitute. But the former leader of the New Life Church, who resigned following the allegations, says he did not have sex with the man.

Marine Cpl. Kyle W. Powell of Colorado Springs, Colo., died earlier this month in Fallujah, Iraq. The 21-year-old was on his third combat tour when a roadside bomb he discovered detonated, killing Powell and a fellow Marine.

The Army's second-largest training base, Fort Carson, needs more space to train troops for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army wants want to expand the base, but ranchers are concerned it will destroy the region's ranch economy.

After sitting out the first full year of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, lawmakers in Montana are now talking about a limited expansion.

There's good news and bad news about electronic medical records. They're now in most doctors' offices — but most doctors still can't easily share them.