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Associated Press Mike Thomas, general manager of Auto Express, shares his thoughts on small business Monday near the Fort Bragg military base in Fayetteville, N.C. Like many making their livings in the commercial strip outside the gates of Fort Bragg, Thomas isn't yet sure how the $85 billion in automatic military spending cuts will hurt sales at his used car lot and rim shop. But he is confident it will.
Businesses in military towns brace for budget hit
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Like many who make their living in the commercial strip outside the gates of Fort Bragg, Mike Thomas is confident the $85 billion in automatic military spending cuts will hurt ...
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Coroner: 2 adults, 5 children killed in fire
GRAY — Fire erupted Saturday at a rural Kentucky home, killing two adults and five children inside, a coroner said. Knox County Coroner Mike Blevins said Saturday afternoon that the adult victim...
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Police officer gets $2 fine for hitting restrained suspect
LOUISVILLE — A Louisville police officer has been fined $2 after being convicted of official misconduct and harassment for striking a handcuffed suspect multiple times. A Jefferson District Jury...
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Meeting concludes without pension deal
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear concluded a private meeting Friday with a bipartisan group of legislative leaders without breaking an impasse on how to best bring about pension reform, though he sai...
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Associated Press A sign states that the Bad Branch Nature Preserve in Whitesburg closes at 8 p.m. More than three dozen Pennsylvania college students spending spring break in Kentucky on a mission trip were safe Friday after becoming lost for hours.
Rescuers help 40 lost hikers
WHITESBURG SEmD More than three dozen Pennsylvania college students spending spring break in Kentucky on a mission trip were safe Friday after becoming lost for hours when a sightseeing mountain hi...
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Associated Press A crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas June 25 in Zelienople, Pa. As the oil and gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking; mobilizes thousands around the country both for and against the process, industry and some environmental groups in Illinois have come together to draft regulations both sides could live with. Some hope that cooperative approach could be a model for other states.
Illinois deal could be national model
CHICAGO — After years of clashing over the drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” the oil industry and environmentalists have achieved something extraordinary in Illinois: Th...
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Associated Press House Agriculture Committee and Small Business Committee Chairman Tom McKee (center) talks with Rep. Jim Wayne (left) and Rep. Brent Yonts on Monday in Frankfort. A House committee passed a hemp bill Wednesday, but its future remains uncertain.
Panel passes hemp bill; future uncertain
FRANKFORT — A proposal that could open the door to industrial hemp farming in Kentucky cleared a House committee Wednesday, but it faces a dubious future in the full chamber. The Senate already ...
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Beshear pledges to finish pension reform
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear pledged Tuesday to get a measure passed this year to shore up the state’s pension system for government retirees, even if it means calling a special legislative sessi...
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Judd needs to decide soon on Senate
FRANKFORT, Ky. — As Democrats encourage actress Ashley Judd to jump into Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race and Republicans take every opportunity to call her a Hollywood liberal, a University of Kentucky...
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Company in fatal crash had 17 traffic tickets
LOUISVILLE — A trucking company involved in a crash that killed six people in Kentucky had accumulated 17 traffic violations over two years before the accident, leading federal authorities to advis...
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