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Associated Press Gov. Steve Beshear makes his victory speech during an election night rally Tuesday in Frankfort. Beshear was re-elected Tuesday, becoming the second Democrat to win a U.S. gubernatorial race this year amid lingering economic uncertainty that's already proving worrisome to President Barack Obama's 2012 effort.
Governor beats out Williams, Galbraith
FRANKFORT — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear was re-elected overwhelmingly Tuesday, becoming the second Democrat to win a U.S. gubernatorial race this year despite lingering economic uncertainty that’s ...
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Election 2011 Briefs
Comer wins ag commissioner race LOUISVILLE — Republican James Comer will take his experience from years spent on his southern Kentucky beef cattle farm to Frankfort as the state’s next agricultu...
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Conway wins 2nd term as attorney general
LOUISVILLE — Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway won a second term Tuesday night, defeating a Republican prosecutor who tried to turn the race into a referendum on federal issues — including th...
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Associated Press Student Alexandra Kane (center) marches with faculty members and other students across the Southern Illinois University campus Monday in Carbondale, in support of the striking Faculty Association.
Mediator joins talks in SIUC dispute
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Negotiations have resumed in the labor dispute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, but members of the SIUC Faculty Association remain on the picket lines. Represent...
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Judge hears arguments in war crimes case
LEXINGTON — A federal judge in Kentucky is weighing whether there is enough evidence to send a Croatian woman back to Europe to face charges of murder and torture stemming from the unraveling of Yu...
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Jessamine County cutting student tobacco use
NICHOLASVILLE — Jessamine County Schools officials say they’ve seen a sharp drop in the number of students carrying tobacco since a strong enforcement program began. School Superintendent Lu You...
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Region Briefs
Williams continues criticism of Beshear Republican gubernatorial nominee David Williams is keeping up his blistering criticism of Gov. Steve Beshear in a final campaign push that’s taking him to...
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Leeper predicts tight state budget
FRANKFORT — Observers are predicting a bleak outlook in Kentucky’s next two-year budget cycle. Although a modest increase is expected in revenues, some moves made this year to save money can’t b...
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Group teaches students about music, movement
HENDERSON — The alphabet probably wasn’t expecting such enthusiasm. After all, this was the second grade. The novelty of simply knowing the proper order of the letters A through Z has worn off. ...
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Nashville man catering to, for local homeless
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Nashville man who went from being homeless to being the No. 2 chef at a five-star restaurant is now trying to rescue others who are living on the street. Brett Swayn told Th...
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