May 24, 2013
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Louisville Zoo polar bear dies
LOUISVILLE — The Louisville Zoo says its oldest polar bear has died. The Zoo says Arki, a female, was 28 years old and died from unknown causes on Wednesday. Arki came to Louisville in 2011 f...
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1 SEAL dead, 7 sailors hurt in training
LOUISVILLE — A Humvee carrying six Navy SEALs and two other sailors overturned during a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky, killing one of the SEALs and injuring the others, military offici...
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Court: Law applying crack sentences retroactive
LOUISVILLE — People convicted of crack cocaine offenses have a right to resentencing hearings under a 2010 law that lessened penalties for possession and dealing, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appe...
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Associated Press George Thomas enters the courtroom Friday to hear the jury's verdict of guilty of all counts in connection with the January 2007 kidnappings and killings of a young couple in Knoxville, Tenn.
Jury convicts man in torture murders
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Kentucky man who was retried on murder charges was convicted Friday for his role in the torture and murder of a Knoxville couple in a case that has been described as one of th...
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Couple charged with locking kids in room
BEREA SEmD Police say a woman and her boyfriend in Berea are charged with abusing four children by locking them in a room. Berea police say 25-year-old Amber Bishop and 28-year-old Daniel Isaacs...
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Campuses awarding over 61,000 degrees
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky’s fast pace in awarding post-high school diplomas slowed slightly in the past year, but its public and independent colleges and universities are expected to award more than 61...
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Campaign to back health exchange
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear predicted Wednesday that Kentucky’s new health benefit exchange will provide an overdue dose of preventive care to ease the state’s chronic health problems, as he ann...
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Beshear recruiting McConnel challenger
FRANKFORT — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell could still find himself wedged between Democratic and tea party challenges in next year’s election in Kentucky. Gov. Steve Beshear said Wednes...
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Deadly drunken-driving bus crash remembered
RADCLIFF — A quarter century after the nation’s deadliest alcohol-related highway crash, the Kentucky town that still grieves for the 27 “beautiful souls” who perished on a church bus in the fiery ...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Judge OKs class-action settlement over shoes
LOUISVILLE — A federal judge approved a $40 million class-action settlement Monday between Skechers USA Inc. and consumers who bought toning shoes after ads made unfounded claims that the footwear ...
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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