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Historic home auctioned for $87,200
DANVILLE — Four preservation groups have banded together to purchase a crumbling historic home in central Kentucky. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the Willis Green house in Danville was pur...
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Creation Museum adds zip line attraction
PETERSBURG — The Creation Museum plans to add some adventure to the attractions at the popular tourist destination. Officials at the museum told The Kentucky Enquirer that it will add 25 zip lin...
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FILE - In this file photo made Jan. 10, 2011, Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon delivers her inaugural speech in Springfield, Ill. Simon is urging Illinois communities to consider banning assault-style weapons before new legislation is signed that could prohibit local governments from doing so in the future. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn hasnÕt said whether he will sign the proposal, which the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given him until July 9, 2013, to enact. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Simon: Cities should consider bans
CHICAGO — Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon is urging Illinois communities to consider banning assault-style weapons before new legislation is signed that could prohibit local governments from doing so in the ...
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Associated Press/Daniel R. Patmore Former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn talks with a reporter Thursday at the Green River Correctional Complex in Central City. Nunn is discussing plans to attempt to withdraw his guilty plea to the 2009 slaying of his former fiancé, Amanda Ross.
Ex-lawmaker Nunn aims to attack plea
CENTRAL CITY — Former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn, the son of a governor, is at once contrite and indignant about how he landed in prison. In his first interview behind bars, Nunn repeatedly ap...
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Government recommends 4 years for Jackson
WASHINGTON — Prosecutors Friday recommended four years in prison for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., following his guilty plea this year on criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750...
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Lincoln math pages suggest more education
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two math-notebook pages recently authenticated as belonging to Abraham Lincoln suggest the 16th president, who was known to downplay his formal education, may have spent more time...
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Insurance marketplace stalls again
CHICAGO — Federal officials could end up overseeing the new Illinois health insurance marketplace for years to come after lawmakers in Springfield balked again at a full embrace of President Barack...
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KET host to emcee Fancy Farm
FRANKFORT — A Kentucky Educational Television host will emcee political speeches at this year’s Fancy Farm picnic on Aug. 3 in western Kentucky. Ferrell Wellman, a former radio and TV reporter, ...
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Child’s body found in Ohio; mother arrested in Kentucky
HILLSBORO, Ohio — A search team found the body of a 1-year-old boy in a densely wooded area in southwest Ohio after an hours-long hunt, and the child’s mother and her boyfriend were arrested in Ken...
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During storm, even meteorologists take cover
ST. LOUIS — Tasked with publicly sounding the alarm when violent weather is imminent in the region, the National Weather Service crew in suburban St. Louis isn’t immune from making the uncommon and...
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