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Southern Baptists open annual meeting in Houston today
HOUSTON — The Southern Baptist Convention is gathering in Houston for its annual meeting at a time when the denomination is contemplating a different cultural and political climate than a decade ag...
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Associated Press Twenty-four sets of fifth-grade twins pose for a photo Thursday at Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette, Ill. The school is attempting to break a Guinness World record for the amount of twins in one grade which is currently sixteen sets.
Illinois school boasts 24 sets of twins
WILMETTE, Ill. — Like a lot of kids, the two brothers from northern Illinois spent hours marveling at the weird and the wonderful in the Guinness Book of World Records — and wondering what they cou...
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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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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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Police searching for man who fired at officer
LEXINGTON — Police are looking for a man they say fired shots at a central Kentucky police officer during an attempted traffic stop. Police say the Nicholasville police officer wasn’t injured du...
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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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Police: Man who fled 1979 murder charge arrested at O’Hare
CHICAGO — A former Chicago store owner who fled the U.S. in 1979 after being accused of killing a shoplifter was arrested at O’Hare International Airport while trying to return to the country to at...
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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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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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