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Associated Press Members of the United Mine Workers of America wait to be arrested by police during a protest outside the headquarters of Peabody Energy in St. Louis on Feb. 13. The union is promising to have thousands of miners and their supporters rallying in St. Louis when Patriot Coal Corp.'s bankruptcy hearing begins. Patriot, spun off Peabody in 2007, is seeking drastic cuts in retiree health care benefits.
Patriot Coal bankruptcy case begins
ST. LOUIS — The United Mine Workers of America union is promising to have thousands of miners and their supporters rallying in St. Louis next week as Patriot Coal Corp.’s bankruptcy hearing goes to...
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Prosecutors: Official lied about water
CHICAGO — A prosecutor told jurors before they began deliberations Friday that a one-time suburban Chicago water official lied about drawing village water from a well tainted with a cancer-causing ...
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Mississippi River drops; assessment to follow
ST. LOUIS — The Mississippi River is receding at the last of the big flooding trouble spots, but it will likely be months before the full scope of the damage is known. Information from the Natio...
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No fat left to cut, chief tells board
PARIS, Tenn. — The administrator of Henry County Medical Center says the hospital in Paris may have to begin cutting services. According to the Paris Post-Intelligencer, a financial report show...
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Man pleads guilty to running down joggers
JACKSON, Mo. — A 19-year-old man from Arkansas could face up to 15 years in prison after admitting to stealing a car and using it to run down three joggers in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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School threat brings charge
HENDERSON — A western Kentucky man has been charged with terroristic threatening after police say someone overheard him in a restaurant discussing how he could use explosives at Henderson County Hi...
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Coal plant to use byproduct as fertilizer
LOUISVILLE — Waste products from a coal-fired Louisville power plant will be turned into fertilizer by a new facility that was unveiled Monday. The announcement by LG&E and Charah Inc. drew Kent...
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Relatives wrestle over gun, 1 shot
HODGENVILLE — Investigators say two family members fought over a gun, resulting in one person being shot at a home in Hodgenville. LaRue County Sheriff Merle Edlin told WAVE-TV in Louisville the...
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Associated Press Richie Farmer smiles before a debate at Ketucky Educational Television in Lexington in 2011. Farmer, a former agriculture commissioner, was indicted Monday on federal charges of misappropriating state funds.
Former ag commissioner indicted on federal charges
LEXINGTON — A Kentucky basketball icon whose jersey hangs from the rafters of Rupp Arena was accused in a federal indictment Monday of misappropriating government funds during his tenure as head of...
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Midwestern river cities brace for floodwaters
CLARKSVILLE, Mo. — The fast-rising Mississippi River was making travel difficult Saturday, both on the river and for those simply trying to get across it. The Mississippi, Missouri and other Mi...
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