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Ex-Vanderbilt employee charged with theft NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former employee of the Vanderbilt Law School is in jail in Arkansas for stealing at least $60,000 from the law school. The sheri...
Jan 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘It won’t happen again’
ST. LOUIS  — The director of the Missouri Department of Transportation has apologized for the mess in the St. Louis area caused by the relatively light snowfall this week. St. Louis-area highway...
Jan 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Amish take buggy case to state Supreme Court
LOUISVILLE — A Kentucky Amish community whose members are being fined and jailed for disobeying a state highway law are asking the Kentucky Supreme Court to rule that the law limits their religious...
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Property missing from the state Agriculture Department
Missing n Four Dell Latitude ES400 laptop computers, valued at a combined $4,727, according to the state. n 24-inch flat-panel monitor, valued at $679 and listed as lost by the department. ...
Jan 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Nearly $500K in equipment at Agriculture missing
FRANKFORT — About $500,000 in state property cannot be accounted for by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, according to a review of inventory records by the Lexington Herald-Leader. The rec...
Jan 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press U.S. Sen Rand Paul speaks at a town hall meeting at Murray State University on Wednesday. Paul, a Republican from Bowling Green, said he has been impressed by the campaign of his father, Rep. Ron Paul.
Paul: No consideration to VP bid yet
LOUISVILLE — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says he hasn’t “really thought about” a possible vice presidential bid this year, but also wouldn’t rule out the possibility. Paul, speaking Thursday morning in ...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Meth laws haven’t curbed drug problems
FRANKFORT — Treatment for meth-related illnesses and reports of clandestine meth labs have increased since 2008, the year Kentucky began electronic tracking of the sale of a key ingredient in the d...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Farmers frustrated as wild hogs run amok
LEXINGTON — Kentucky farmers are frustrated as the number of feral pigs keeps increasing and spreading throughout in the state. Randy Kelley, who owns a 155-acre farm in Henry County, told the L...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press An Amish buggy sits on Jacob Gingerich's farm Dec. 8 near Mayfield. Gingerich and other Amish men have run afoul of the law for not hanging an orange slow-moving vehicle sign on their buggies.
Amish won’t budge on buggy fight
MAYFIELD — On Jacob Gingerich’s farm in western Kentucky, there is no phone or electricity for his family of 12 children. He even sees putting an orange safety triangle on their black horse-drawn b...
Jan 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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New website aims to be Appalachia’s own WikiLeaks
By VICKI SMITH Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A handful of freelance journalists and computer programmers are launching what they hope will become Appalachia’s own version of WikiLeaks,...
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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