June 19, 2013
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Teens spearheaded Louisville desegregation effort
LOUISVILLE — Raoul Cunningham was a gangly 17-year-old high school junior when Louisville police came for him at the lunch counter of the old Stewart’s Department Store in February 1961. They handc...
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Fort Knox launches platoon program
FORT KNOX — As soldiers at Fort Knox are preparing for a summer deployment to Afghanistan, officials at the central Kentucky Army post are launching an Adopt a Platoon program. The News-Enterpri...
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Veteran killed in Afghanistan blast
FORT THOMAS — A Kentucky veteran who was working as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan has died in an explosion in Kabul that killed at least 15 people including six Americans. The father of M...
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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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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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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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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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